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LST-645 / ARL-15 Minotaur


USS Minotaur (ARL-15) was transferred to South Korea, renamed ROKS Duk Soo (ARL-1)
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal
Achelous Class Landing Craft Repair Ship:
  • Laid down, 20 June, 1944 as LST-645 at Chicago Bridge and Iron Works, Seneca, IL.
  • Redesignated a Landing Craft Repair Ship, 14 August 1944
  • Launched, 20 September 1944
  • Placed in Ferry Commission, 30 September 1944 for transit to her conversion yard at Mobile, AL.
  • Commissioned,USS Minotaur (ARL-15), 26 February 1945, LT. Joseph H. Church in command
  • During World War II Minotaur was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the:
  • Decommissioned, 26 February 1947, New Orleans, LA.
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet
  • Recommissioned, 14 June 1951, LCDR. D. Garrett, in command
  • Decommissioned, 3 October 1955, at New York City, N.Y.
  • Transferred (loaned) to South Korea, renamed ROKS Duk Soo (ARL-1)
  • Minotaur received one battle star for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,781 t.(lt) 4,100 t.(fl)
    Length 328'
    Beam 50'
    Speed 11.2 kts.
    Complement 253
    Armament
    two quad 40mm AA gun mounts w/Mk. 51 directors
    two twin 40mm AA gun mounts w/Mk. 51 directors
    six twin 20mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion 2 General Motors 12-567 diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders
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    USS Minotaur (ARL-15)
    Minotaur 25k Minotaur (ARL-15) underway, date and location unknown. Capt Steve Hogue, USN, Ret
    Minotaur 14k Minotaur (ARL-15) underway, date and location unknown. Capt Steve Hogue, USN, Ret
    ROKS Duk Soo (ARL-1)
    Minotaur 73k ex Minotaur (ARL-15) in South Korean service as Duk Soo (ARL-1) at anchor, circa 1963, location unknown. Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
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