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LST-513 / ARL-9 Endymion

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (2- 28 April 1945 and 21 June1945 ) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal
Personnel Awards

Pearl Heart (15 WIA, 28 April 1945, 11-WIA, 21 June 1945)
Achelous Class Landing Craft Repair Ship:
  • Laid down, 11 March 1943, as LST-513 at Chicago Bridge and Iron Co., Seneca, IL.
  • Reclassified as a Landing Craft Repair Ship, 3 November 1943
  • Launched, 17 December 1943
  • Commissioned USS Endymion (ARL-9), 9 May 1944, LT. A. Edgell in command
  • Decommissioned at Astoria OR., 30 November 1946
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group, Astoria
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 June 1972
  • Commercial History
    Sold for commercial service, 1 September 1973, renamed Petrola XVIII
    Registered to Petrola Hellas S.A., Panama, in 1974
    Restyled, Petrola 18 in September 1976
    Sold in 1978 to Thetis Shipping & Trading Corp. S.A., Panama,
    Resold (date unknown) to Sete Technical Services S.A., Panama, renamed Sete 50
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 2,220t. (lt.) 4,100t. (fl.)
    Length 328'
    Beam 50'
    Speed 11.6 Kts.
    Complement 255
    Armament 2 quad 40mm w/Mk. 51 directors, 2 twin 40mm w/Mk. 51 directors, 6 twin 20 mm
    Propulsion two General Motors 12-567 Diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders
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    Endymion 72k Endymion (ARL-9) at anchor, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Phil Belliveau
    Endymion 79k Endymion (ARL-9), anchored at Kerama Retto, Okinawa, May 1945.
    Photo by Al Schneider USS Endymion    		 Phil Belliveau
    Endymion 16k Endymion (ARL-9) at anchorage X-13 East Loch, Naval Station Pearl Harbor HI.
    Photo by Walter R. Jones USS Endymion    		 Phil Belliveau
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    DANFS history entry Located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
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