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USS Satyr (ARL-23)
ex
USS LST-852 (1944)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Delta - Mike - Oscar NDMO

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Presidential Unit Citation - Navy Unit Citation (4)
Second Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
Third Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal (2)
Fourth Row - Korean Service Medal (2) - Vietnam Service Medal (7) - Republic of Vietnam Gallantry Cross Unit Citation (3)
Fifth Row - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal - Republic of Korean War Service Medal

USS Satyr (ARL-23) was transferred to South Vietnam, renamed RVNS Vinh Long (HQ-802), transferred to the Philippines; renamed BRP Yakal (AR-617)

Achelous Class Landing Craft Repair Ship:

Laid down, 16 August 1944, as LST-852 at Chicago Bridge and Iron Co., Seneca IL.

Launched, 13 November 1944

Placed in reduced commission as USS LST-852, 27 November 1944, LT. William. J. Gavigan, USNR, in command

Decommissioned, 28 December 1944, at Jacksonville FL., for conversion to a Landing Craft Repair Ship

Recommissioned USS Satyr (ARL-23), 28 April 1945

Decommissioned, 1 August 1947, at San Diego, CA.

Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet San Diego Group

Recommissioned, 23 October 1950

During the Korean War USS Satyr (ARL-23) operated in the Korean War zone from 7 to 14 December 1951, 21 September 1953 to 16 March 1954 and from 31 March to 5 April 1954, participating in the following campaigns:

**Korean War Campaigns**
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Communist China Spring Offensive 29 April to 8 July 1951	UN Summer-Fall Offensive 9 to 16 July 1951

Decommissioned, 17 April 1956, at San Diego

Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet San Diego Group

Recommissioned, 15 February 1968, at US Naval Support Activity, Algiers LA.

During the Vietnam War USS Satyr (ARL-23) participated in the following campaigns:

**Vietnam War Campaigns**
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Vietnamese Counteroffensive-Phase V 8 July to 1 November1968	Sanctuary Counteroffensive 1 June to 30 June 1970
Vietnamese Counteroffensive-Phase VI 2 November 1968 to 22 February 1969	Vietnamese Counteroffensive-Phase VII 1 July to 28 September 1970 14 December to 31 December 1970 14 April to 30 June 1971
Tet 69/Counteroffensive 23 February to 27 April 1969	Consolidation I 1 July to 30 September 1971
Vietnam Summer-Fall 1969, 12 June 1969	.

Decommissioned, 30 September 1971, at Long Xuyen South Vietnam

Transferred to the South Vietnamese Navy and renamed RVNS Vinh Long (HQ-802)

Placed in the custody of the Philippines government in 1975 with the fall of the South Vietnamese government

Renamed BRP Yakal (AR-617), date unknown

Final Disposition, scrapped in 2004

USS Satyr (ARL-23) earned two battle stars for Korean War service and seven campaign stars for Vietnam War service

Specifications:
Displacement 2,220 t.(lt) 4,100 t.(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 Satyr (ARL-23)
	54k	*USS Satyr* (ARL-23)** anchored at Tsingtao, China, circa 1946	Bruce Shulze RM3 USS Satyr 1970-71. Photo courtesy T. M. Logan USS Satyr 1947
	55k	*USS Satyr* (ARL-23)** entering the harbor at San Diego, CA., date unknown.	Hyperwar US Navy in WWII Web Site
	102k	*USS Satyr* (ARL-23)** underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo. This photo also appeared in the 1968 Commissioning booklet.	Bruce Shulze RM3 USS Satyr 1970-71, courtesy Joe McMillan MM3 USS Satyr 1967-69 and David Buell for his father CWO4 Benton, E. Buell USN Ret. USS Satyr early 1950's.
	35k	*USS Satyr* (ARL-23)** anchored in South Vietnamese waters, circa 1970.	Bruce Shulze RM3 USS Satyr 1970-71
	124k	*USS Satyr* (ARL-23)** anchored in South Vietnamese waters, circa 1971. US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, October 1971.	Stan Svec
RVNS Vinh Long (HQ-802)
	27k	Ex-*USS Satyr* (ARL-23) in South Vietnamese service as RVNS Vinh Long (HQ 802)** US Navy photo, date unknown	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret