USS Demeter (ARB-10)
USS Demeter (ARB-10) was one of twelve Aristaeus-class battle damage repair ships built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named for Demeter (the Greek goddess of agriculture), she was the only U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name.
LST-1121 was launched on 19 January 1945 by the Chicago Bridge and Iron Company of Seneca, Illinois; sponsored by Mrs. W. B. Wynn; placed in partial commission on 31 January 1945 under the command of Lieutenant P. P. Wynn, USNR; sailed down the Mississippi River on her way to Baltimore where she was decommissioned on 2 March 1945 for conversion to a battle damage repair ship; and commissioned as USS Demeter (ARB-10) on 3 July 1945 with Lieutenant E. V. Converse, USNR, in command.
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