Initial Operations
LST-1151 was laid down 3 March 1945 by the Chicago Bridge and Iron Company of Seneca, Illinois. The ship was then launched 4 June 1945 and placed in reduced commission 15 June 1945. Following initial commissioning, Quirinus steamed down the Mississippi River to New Orleans, then proceeded to Baltimore where she decommissioned for the completion of conversion to a landing craft repair vessel. Commissioned in full 6 November 1945 with Lieutenant Commander John B. Darrow in command, she completed shakedown in Chesapeake Bay and, on 23 January 1946 got underway for the Caribbean.
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