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USS Egeria (ARL-8)
ex
 USS LST-136 (1943 - 1944)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Juliet - Kilo -Bravo
 NJKB
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Unit Commendation - American Campaign Medal- Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation Medal (1)
Achelous Class Landing Craft Repair Ship:
  • Laid down, 19 June 1943, as LST-136 at Chicago Bridge and Iron Works, Seneca IL.
  • Launched, 23 November 1943
  • Placed in partial commission, 18 December 1943, as USS LST-136 for transit to her conversion yard at Baltimore, MD.
  • Decommissioned at Baltimore and converted to a Landing Craft Repair Ship (ARL)
  • Recommissioned USS Egeria (ARL-8), 30 March 1944, LT. Ansel H. Wilson, USNR, in command
  • During WWII USS Egeria was assigned to Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Leyte operation
    Leyte landings, 20 October 1944     		Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 26 March to 14 June 1945

  • Decommissioned 29 November 1946
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • USS Egeria 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
  • Turned over to the Maritime Administration (MARAD) for disposal
  • Sold by MARAD, 1 June 1980
  • Final Disposition, scrapped in 1980
    Specifications:
    Displacement 3,900 t.(lt) 4,100 t.(fl)
    Length 328'
    Beam 50'
    Draft 11' 2" (lim)
    Speed 11.6 kts.
    Largest Boom Capacity 60 t.
    Complement
    Officers 20
    Enlisted 230
    Armament
    one single 3"/50 cal. dual purpose gun mount
    two quad 40mm AA gun mounts w/Mk. 51 directors
    six twin 20 mm AA gun mounts
    Fuel Capacity
    Diesel 4,715 Bbls
    Propulsion
    two General Motors 12-567A Diesel engines
    single Falk Main Reduction Gears
    Ship's Service Generators
    three Diesel-drive 100Kw 120V/240V D.C.
    two Diesel-drive 100Kw 450V A.C.
    two propellers, 1,800shp
    twin rudders
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    Egeria
    19-N-63509    		 107k USS Egeria (ARL-8) under way near Baltimore, MD., circa April 1944 after completion of conversion. Note the two short kingposts forward widely separated by empty deck space.
    US National Archives photo #'s 19-N-63509, 19-N-63510, 19-N-63513, 19-N-63511 and i>19-N-63512 US Navy Bureau of Ships photos now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 Robert Hurst,
    Mike Green
    and the US Naval History Heritage Command
    Egeria
    19-N-63510    		 214k
    Egeria
    19-N-63513    		 149k
    Egeria
    19-N-63511    		 197k
    Egeria
    19-N-63512    		 149k
    USS Egeria (ARL-8)
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Wilson, Ansel Helman, USNR30 March 1944 - 30 October 1945
    02LCDR. Mosier, Clifford Eugene, USN30 October 1945 - July 1946
    03LTjg. Black, Raymone Adney, USNJuly 1946 - 29 November 1946
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler, Ron Reeves and Russ Moody
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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