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LST-1117 / ARL-27 Tantalus

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal
Achelous Class Landing Craft Repair Ship:
  • Laid down, 10 October 1944, as LST-1117 at Chicago Bridge and Iron Co., Seneca, IL.
  • Launched, 2 January 1945
  • Placed in reduced commission as USS LST-1117 for transit to her conversion yard, Gibbs Engine Works, Jacksonville, FL.
  • Decommissioned and converted to a Landing Craft Repair Ship at Jacksonville, FL.
  • Recommissioned USS Tantalus (ARL-27), 5 June 1945
  • Decommissioned, 18 January 1947 in China
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 7 February 1947
  • Final Disposition, released to the Foreign Liquidation Commission for further transfer to the United Nations Relief, and Rehabilitation Administration for disposal, fate unknown.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 2,220 t.(lt) 3,960 t.(fl)
    Length 328'
    Beam 50'
    Draft 11' 2" (lim)
    Speed 11.6 Kts.
    Complement 254
    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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    Tantalus 27k Tantalus (ARL-27) underway, date and place unknown. Note the pontoon causeway secured to her starboard side.
    US Navy photo    		 Edgar Runkel USS Tantalus
    Tantalus 46k Tantalus (ARL-27) looking forward while underway enroute to Guam with barges secured to both port and starboard sides, date unknown. Edgar Runkel USS Tantalus
    Tantalus 23k Tantalus (ARL-27) and Coronis (ARL-10 moored pierside at Shanghai, China, 5 April 1946. Edgar Runkel USS Tantalus
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    DANFS     history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
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