USS Amycus (ARL-2)
USS Amycus (ARL-2) off San Francisco, 10 August 1943 |
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| Career (United States) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS Amycus |
| Builder: | Kaiser Shipyards, Richmond, California |
| Laid down: | 17 January 1943 |
| Launched: | 2 April 1943 |
| Commissioned: | 30 July 1943 |
| Decommissioned: | 15 November 1946 |
| Struck: | 1 June 1970 |
| Fate: | Sold for scrap on 13 August 1971 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Achelous class repair ship |
| Displacement: | 1,781 long tons (1,810 t) light, 3,960 long tons (4,024 t) full |
| Length: | 328 ft (100 m) |
| Beam: | 50 ft (15 m) |
| Draft: | 11 ft 2 in (3.40 m) |
| Propulsion: | 2 × General Motors 12-567 diesel engines, two shafts |
| Speed: | 12 knots (14 mph; 22 km/h) |
| Complement: | 255 officers and enlisted men |
| Armament: | 12 × Bofors 40 mm guns (2x4,2x2), 12 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons (6x2) |
| Service record | |
| Part of: | United States Seventh Fleet (1943-46), Pacific Reserve Fleet (1946-70) |
| Operations: | Invasion of Lingayen Gulf (1945) |
| Awards: | 2 Battle stars |
USS Amycus (ARL-2) was one of 39 Achelous-class landing craft repair ships built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named for Amycus (in Greek mythology, the son of Poseidon and Melia), she was the only U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name.
Originally projected as LST-489, this ship was redesignated ARL-2 and named Amycus on 13 January 1943. She was laid down on 17 January 1943 at Richmond, California by the Kaiser Company, Inc.; launched on 2 April 1943; delivered on 3 June 1943 to the Matson Navigation Company of San Francisco, California for conversion to a landing craft repair ship; and commissioned on 30 July 1943, Lieutenant John J. Reidy, Jr. in command.
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