USS Coronis (ARL-10)
USS Coronis pierside at Western Pipe and Steel Company, San Francisco, California |
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | USS 1003 |
| Builder: | Boston Navy Yard |
| Launched: | 8 June 1944 |
| Commissioned: | 29 June 1944 (partial) |
| Career | |
| Name: | USS Coronis (ARL-10) |
| Namesake: | Coronis |
| Commissioned: | 28 November 1944 |
| Decommissioned: | 29 July 1946 |
| Reclassified: | 12 June 1944 |
| Fate: | Sold for commercial service, c. 1965 |
| 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, twin rudders |
| Speed: | 12 knots (14 mph; 22 km/h) |
| Complement: | 255 officers and enlisted men |
| Armament: | 2 × quad 40 mm guns 2 × twin 40 mm guns 6 × twin 20 mm guns |
| Service record | |
| Operations: | World War II |
| Awards: | 1 battle star |
USS Coronis (ARL-10) was one of 39 Achelous-class repair ship landing craft built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named for Coronis (one of several characters in Greek mythology, including the mother of Asclepius, god of medicine and healing), she was the only US Naval vessel to bear the name.
Originally laid down as USS LST-1003, an LST-542-class tank landing ship, she was launched 8 June 1944 by the Boston Navy Yard and sponsored by Mrs. V. M. Rines. Renamed and reclassified USS Coronis (ARL-10) on 12 June 1944 she was placed in partial commission 29 June 1944 and sailed to Baltimore, Maryland for conversion to a landing craft repair ship. Coronis was commissioned in full 28 November 1944 with Lieutenant J. J. Ready, Jr., USNR, in command.
Read more about USS Coronis (ARL-10): Service History