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LST-955 / ARL-19 Patroclus

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Kilo - Foxtrot - India
NKFI

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

USS Patroclus (ARL-19) was transferred to Turkey, renamed TCG Basaran (A-582)

Achelous Class Landing Craft Repair Ship:

Laid down as LST-955, 22 September 1944 at Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham MA.

Launched, 22 October 1944

Placed in reduced commission as USS LST-955, 13 November 1944 for transit to her conversion yard at Baltimore, MD.

Decommissioned, 27 November 1944, at Bethlehem Key Highway Shipyard, Baltimore, MD. for conversion to a Landing Craft Repair Ship (ARL)

Recommissioned USS Patroclus (ARL-19), 17 April 1945, LT. Evan G. Bower, USNR in command

Succeeding Commanding Officer LT. Robert E. Spann, USNR, 17 November 1945 - 2 October 1946

Decommissioned, 2 October 1946, at Green Cove Spring, FL.

Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Green Cove Spring, FL.

Transferred in 1951 to the custody of 6th Naval District for conversion

Struck from the Naval Register, 22 August 1952

Transferred to Turkey under the Military Assistance Program, 15 November 1952, renamed TCG Basaran (A-582)

Final Disposition, scrapped in September 1993

Specifications:
Displacement 2,220t. (lt.) 4,100t. (fl.)
Length 328'
Beam 50'
Speed 11.6 Kts.
Complement 255
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 two General Motors 12-567 Diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
USS Patroclus (ARL-19)
	147k	Patroclus (ARL-19) in the harbor at Baltimore, MD., 18 April 1945 after completion of conversion from an *LST* to an *ARL*.	Danis Mutlu for his father Ret. CAPT. Hakki Mutlu,TU Navy, Commanding Officer TCG Basaran 1965-67
	86k	Patroclus (ARL-19) underway in Hampton Roads, 2 May 1945.	Danis Mutlu for his father Ret. CAPT. Hakki Mutlu,TU Navy, Commanding Officer TCG Basaran 1965-67
	175k	Patroclus (ARL-19) anchored at Tinian, Marianas Islands with an unidentified LSM alongside to port, date unknown. A good view of the ships 15 and 20 ton booms as well as the 60 ton A-frame boom.	Tommy Browning for his father James Browning SF3/c USS Patroclus
	212k	Patroclus (ARL-19) at anchor in Tokyo Bay, 2 September 1945. The two battleships in the background are Missouri (BB-63) at right with Wisconsin (BB-64) partially obscured behind a destroyer or cruiser at left. *Patroclus's Special Sea and Anchor Detail is set, detail members on the fantail include 3 - James Browning - SF3/c (sound-powered phones), 4 - Linderman - BM1/c, 5 - Lochbaum - Coxswain, 6-ENS - Jones. Sailors in the gun tub just beyond and above Coxswain Lochbaum (labeled #5) are; leaning on his elbow with his hand to his face, H. Dale Johnson RDM2/c, Jack Kountz RM3/c, Shadick RT3/c, Jack Knauf QM2/c and Chuck Drufke RM3/c. (The sailor to the left of H. Dale Johnson, and the tallest sailor in the photo, are unidentified. This photo was taken after the Peace Treaty had been signed and only minutes before Dauphin* (APA-97) rammed *Patroclus* while entering Tokyo Bay.	Photo contributed by Tommy Browning for his father James Browning SF3/c USS Patroclus, caption contributed by H. Dale Johnson RDM2/c USS Patroclus
TCG Basaran (A-582)
	26k	Ex-Patroclus (ARL-19) in Turkish Naval service as *TCG Basaran* (A-582)**, underway in 1970 in the Marmara Sea near Golcuk Naval Base.	Danis Mutlu for his father Ret. CAPT. Hakki Mutlu,TU Navy, Commanding Officer TCG Basaran 1965-67
	88k	*TCG Basaran* (A-582)**, underway in 1970 in the Marmara Sea.	Tommy Browning
	78k	*TCG Basaran* (A-582)**, moored in the Marmara Sea, date unknown.	Danis Mutlu for his father Ret. CAPT. Hakki Mutlu,TU Navy, Commanding Officer TCG Basaran 1965-67
	64k	LCDR. Hakki Mutlu, TU Navy, Commanding Officer, far right, along with other officers of *TCG Basaran* (A-582), October 1965. Photo was taken after completion of a NATO exercise in the Mediterranean Sea and ships were heading back to Turkey. TCG Gaziantep (D-344)** Ex-Lansdowne (DD-486) is in the background.	Danis Mutlu for his father Ret. CAPT. Hakki Mutlu,TU Navy, Commanding Officer TCG Basaran 1965-67
	83k	LCDR. Hakki Mutlu, TU Navy, second on the left, along with the other officers of *TCG Basaran* (A-582)**, February 1966. Photo was taken while the ship and her officers were waiting for General Cevdet Sunay, Chief of General Staff.	Danis Mutlu for his father Ret. CAPT. Hakki Mutlu,TU Navy, Commanding Officer TCG Basaran 1965-67
	76k	General Cevdet Sunay, Chief of General Staff boarding *TCG Basaran* (A-582)**, February 1966.	Danis Mutlu for his father Ret. CAPT. Hakki Mutlu,TU Navy, Commanding Officer TCG Basaran 1965-67
	68k	LCDR.Hakk Mutlu, TU NAVY, far left, along with other senior Turkish Naval officers on board *TCG Basaran* (A-582) as the ship sails back to Turkey after visiting the Island of Cyprus, 28 September 1966. In the background are several ex-US Navy destroyers in Turkish Navy service serving as escorts for Basaran**.	Danis Mutlu for his father Ret. CAPT. Hakki Mutlu,TU Navy, Commanding Officer TCG Basaran 1965-67
	70k	LCDR.Hakk Mutlu, TU NAVY, second from right bottom row, along with other Turkish Army and Navy officers while underway from the Island of Cyprus to Turkey. *TCG Basaran* (A-582)** was bring Turkish Army personnel back from a six month deployment in Cyprus, 28 September 1966.	Danis Mutlu for his father Ret. CAPT. Hakki Mutlu,TU Navy, Commanding Officer TCG Basaran 1965-67