USS Typhon (ARL-28)

USS Typhon (ARL-28)

USS Typhon (ARL-28) was one of 39 Achelous-class landing craft repair ships built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named for Typhon (a character in Greek mythology, the son of Tartarus and Gaea, a giant who dared to make war on heaven; for this offense, the angry Jupiter hurled him to earth and buried him beneath Mt. Etna), she was the only U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name.

On 14 August 1944 (before her construction began), LST-1118 was reclassified a landing craft repair ship (ARL-28). The ship was named Typhon on 11 September 1944 and her keel was laid down on 17 October 1944 at Seneca, Illinois by the Chicago Bridge and Iron Company; sponsored by Mrs. F. E. Kitteredge, the ship was launched on 5 January 1945 and commissioned on 18 January 1945 with Lieutenant Bernard M. Jacobsen, USNR, in command.