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USS Myrmidon (ARL-16)
ex
 USS LST-948 (1944 - 1945)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Uniform - Yankee
 NVUY
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Achelous Class Landing Craft Repair Ship:
  • Laid down, 25 August 1944, as LST-948, at Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, MA.
  • Renamed Myrmidon, 11 September 1944
  • Launched, 28 September 1944
  • Placed in reduced commission, 19 October 1944 as USS LST-948, LT. Edgar A. Simpson USNR in command, for for transit to her conversion yard, Merrill Stevens Shipyard, Jacksonville, FL.
  • Decommissioned, 10 November 1944, at Jacksonville, FL. for conversion to a Landing Craft Repair Ship
  • Recommissioned USS Myrmidon (ARL-16), 9 March 1945, LT. Edgar A. Simpson USNR in command
  • During World War II USS Myrmidon was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
  • Decommissioned, 7 July 1947, at Orange, TX. for lay up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Texas Group, Orange
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 April 1960
  • Sold, 21 December 1960, to River Equipment, Memphis, TN., resold to Dravo Corp, Neville Island, Pittsburgh, PA, 16 January 1961, Resold to Avondale Shipbuilding Corp, circa 1962
  • 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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    Myrmidon 118k USS Myrmidon (ARL-16) under way, date and location unknown.
    US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 91143    		 US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Myrmidon 28k USS Myrmidon (ARL-16) at anchor, date and location unknown. LST-361 web site
    Myrmidon
    10191603    		 435k USS Myrmidon (ARL-16) underway near Jacksonville, FL., 17 March 1945.
    Merrill Stevens Shipyard, Jacksonville, FL. completion photos    		 Rick Davis
    Myrmidon
    10191604    		 515k
    Myrmidon
    10191605    		 610k
    USS Myrmidon (ARL-16)
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Simpson, Edgar Allen, USNR19 October 1944 - 10 November 1944 LST-948
     Decommissioned10 November 1944 - 9 March 1945 
    02LT. Simpson, Edgar Allen, USNR9 March 1945 - October 1945ARL-16
    03LT. Doak, Woodrow G., USNRDecember 1945 - March 1946ARL-16
    04LTjg. Bennett, Bert L., USNRMarch 1946 - April 1946ARL-16
    05LCDR. Bernson, Alvin Emanuel, USNApril 1946 - 14 January 1947ARL-16
    06LT. Miles, Edwin Frank, USN14 January 1947 - March 1947ARL-16
    07LCDR. Matthews, Joseph Alfred, USNMarch 1947 - 7 July 1947 ARL-16
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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