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USS Creon (ARL-11)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Juliet - Kilo - Romeo
 NJKR
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal
Achelous Class Landing Craft Repair Ship:
  • Laid down as LST-1036 at Boston Navy Yard, Boston, MA.
  • Launched 24 August 1944
  • Placed in partial commission, as USS LST 1036, 16 September 1944 for transit to her conversion yard at Baltimore, MD., LT. Michael G. Pooley, USNR in command
  • Decommissioned at Baltimore, 26 September 1944, for conversion to a Landing Craft Repair Ship (ARL)
  • Commissioned USS Creon (ARL-11), 27 January 1945, LT. Michael G. Pooley, USNR in command
  • During World War II USS Creon was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Borneo operation
    Balikpapan operation, 1 to 20 July 1945

  • USS Creon (ARL-11) was assigned to Joint Task Force 1, Task Unit 1.8.1 Service Group - Repair and Service Unit for Operation Crossroads the atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll in July 1946
  • Decommissioned, 8 June 1949
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • USS Creon earned one battle star for World War II service
  • Registered in 1963 by American Tug Boat Co., Everett, WA. as freight barge A. T. B. 65 homeport, Seattle, WA.
  • Operated in 1967 under the Canadian flag.
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    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 22
    Enlisted 233
    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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    LST-1036
    Creon 243k Christening by Mrs. Mary A. Pratt of LST-1036 and launching, 24 August 1944, at Boston Navy Yard, Boston, MA. Dale Hargrave
    USS Creon (ARL-11)
    Creon 66k USS Creon (ARL-11) at anchor, date and location unknown. Submitted by L้on F. Guyot in honor of his late father-in-law Cecil L.Colvin USS Creon, March 1945 to July 1948
    USS Creon (ARL-11)
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Pooley, Michael George, USNR16 September 1944 - 26 September 1944
     Decommissioned26 September 1944 - 27 January 1945
    02LT. Pooley, Michael George, USNR27 January 1945 - March 1946
    03LTjg. Sevier Jr., Cameron, USN (USNA 1945)March 1946 - June 1946
    04CDR. Smith Jr., Harold Thomas, USNRJune 1946 - December 1946
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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