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USS Adonis (ARL-4)
ex
 USS LST-83 (1943)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Juliet - Victor - Echo
 NJVE
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1) - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Achelous Class Landing Craft Repair Ship:
  • Laid down as LST-83, date unknown, at Jeffersonville Boat and Machine Co., Jeffersonville, IN.
  • Launched, 14 June 1943
  • Commissioned, USS LST-83, 6 August 1943
  • Decommissioned, 21 August 1943, at Baltimore, MD., for conversion to an Achelous Class Landing Craft Repair Ship
  • Reclassified and renamed USS Adonis (ARL-4), 26 August 1943
  • Recommissioned, 12 November 1943, LT. Matthew E. Thompson in command During World War II USSAdonis was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater and participated in the following campaign:
    Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Invasion of Normandy, 8 to 25 June 1944
  • Decommissioned, 10 October 1946
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 January 1960
  • Final Disposition, sold to Virgil G. Thomas of California, 14 October 1960, fate unknown
  • USS Adonis (ARL-4) earned one battle star for World War II service.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 2,220t. (lt.) 4,100t. (fl.)
    Length 328'
    Beam 50'
    Speed 11.6 Kts.
    Complement 255
    Armament
    two quad 40mm w/Mk. 51 directors
    two twin 40mm w/Mk. 51 directors
    six twin 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion two General Motors 12-567 Diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders
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    Adonis 44k USS Adonis (ARL-4) leaving Norfolk Navy Yard, 12 July 1945. Adonis is painted Measure 31 'tropical' design. US Navy photo, courtesy Floating Drydock Robert Hurst
    Adonis 34k USS Adonis (ARL-4) anchored at Shanghai, China, 4 February 1945. The bow of USS Amycus (ARL-2) is just visible at the far left of this photo. Vicki Bruzas for her father Rinaldo A. Rossi, S1/c USNR USS Adonis
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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