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LST-1037 / ARL-12 Poseidon

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-1037,10 July 1944, at Boston Navy Yard, Boston, MA.
  • Reclassified a Landing Craft Repair Ship (ARL), 12 July 1944
  • Launched, 24 August 1944
  • Placed in reduced Commission as USS Poseidon (ARL-12), 22 September 1944 for transit to her conversion yard at Baltimore, MD.
  • Commissioned in full, 13 February 1945
  • Decommissioned, 30 November 1946
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group
  • Struck from the Naval Register 1 July 1961
  • Sold, 3 November 1961 to Marine Power and Equipment Co., Seattle WA.
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • Poseidon 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 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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    Poseidon 57k Poseidon (ARL-12) at anchor off Okinawa, circa 1945 Bob Flaugher
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    Poseidon 43k Poseidon (ARL-12) at anchor off Okinawa, circa 1945 Bob Flaugher
    USS Poseidon (ARL-12)
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    Poseidon 32k Poseidon (ARL-12) at anchor off Okinawa, circa 1945 while repairing damaged ships Bob Flaugher
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
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