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USS Amycus (ARL-2)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Juliet - Quebec - Whiskey NJQW

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Unit Commendation - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippine Liberation Medal (1)

Achelous Class Landing Craft Repair Ship:

Laid down as LST-489 at Kaiser Co., Richmond, CA.

Reclassified Landing Craft Repair Ship, ARL-2, 13 January 1943, while building

Launched, 2 April 1943

Completed at Matson Navigation Co., San Francisco, CA.

Commissioned USS Amycus (ARL-2), 30 July 1943, LT. John J. Reidy, Jr., in command

During WWII USS Amycus was assigned to Asiatic-Pacific Theater, Service Forces 7th Fleet, and participated in the following campaigns:

**Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns**
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Hollandia operation, 27 April to 1 June 1944	Luzon operation Lingayen Gulf landings, 7 to 18 January 1945

Decommissioned, 15 November 1946, at San Francisco CA.

Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group

Struck from the Naval Register, 1 June 1970

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 13 August 1971 to Zidell Explorations, Inc., Portland, OR.

USS Amycus earned the Navy Unit Commendation for service in Salvage, Fire Fighting, and Rescue Unit, Service Force, 7th Fleet - Philippine Islands area, 6 January to 15 February 1945, and two battle stars for World War II service

Specifications:
Displacement 2,220 t.(lt) 3,960 t.(fl) 4,100 t.(lim)
Length 328'
Beam 50'
Draft 11' 2" (lim)
Speed 11.6 kts. (trial)
Complement

Officers 19

Enlisted 270
Armament

one single 3"/50 cal. dual purpose gun mount

two quad 40mm AA gun mounts w/Mk. 51 directors

two twin 40mm AA gun mounts w/Mk. 51 directors

six twin 20mm AA gun mounts
Largest Boom Capacity 50 t.
Fuel Capacity 4,715Bbls
Propulsion

two General Motors 12-567A Diesel engines

single Falk Main Reduction Gears

Ships Service Generators

three 100Kw 120V/240V D.C.

two 60Kw 450V A.C.

two propellers, 1,800shp

twin rudders

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
157k	*USS Amycus* (ARL-2)** (aft plan view) moored pierside at San Francisco, 8 August 1943. Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 5780-43, 8/8/43.	Darryl Baker
123k	*USS Amycus* (ARL-2)** in San Francisco Bay, 10 August 1943, soon after commissioning. The bow doors on all ships of this class were welded shut. US National Archives Photo # 19-N-51874, RG-19 LCM a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives	Robert Hurst
126k	*USS Amycus* (ARL-2)** in San Francisco Bay, 10 August 1943, soon after commissioning. Note the 3"/50 gun on the extreme stern with the 40 mm quad mount just forward of and above it. US National Archives Photo # 19-N-51875, RG-19 LCM a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives	Darryl Baker and Robert Hurst
34k	The bow of *USS Amycus* (ARL-2) is just visible at the far left of this photo of USS Adonis (ARL-4)** anchored at Shanghai, China, 4 February 1945.	Vicki Bruzas for her father Rinaldo A. Rossi, S1/c USNR USS Adonis

USS Amycus (ARL-2)
DANFS history entry located at the US Naval History an Heritage Command

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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