USS ''Numitor'' (ARL-17) was to be laid down as an but was instead laid down as one of 39 s
landing craft
Landing craft are small and medium seagoing watercraft, such as boats and barges, used to convey a landing force (infantry and vehicles) from the sea to the shore during an amphibious assault. The term excludes landing ships, which are larger. Pr ...
repair ships built for the
United States Navy during
World War II. Named for
Numitor (in
Roman mythology, King Numitor of
Alba Longa
Alba Longa (occasionally written Albalonga in Italian sources) was an ancient Latin city in Central Italy, 12 miles (19 km) southeast of Rome, in the vicinity of Lake Albano in the Alban Hills. Founder and head of the Latin League, it was d ...
, son of
Procas
Procas or Proca (said to have reigned 817-794 BC) was one of the Kings of Alba Longa, Latin kings of Alba Longa in the Roman mythology, mythic tradition of the founding of Rome. He was the father of Amulius and Numitor and the great-grandfather of ...
, and the father of
Rhea Silvia), she was the only US Naval vessel to bear the name.
Construction
''LST-954'' was redesignated ARL-17 and named ''Numitor'' on 14 August 1944. ''Numitor'' was laid down on 19 September 1944, at
Hingham, Massachusetts, by the
Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard; launched on 18 October 1944. After conversion by
Bethlehem Key Highway Shipyard,
Baltimore
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, Maryland, she was commissioned on 3 April 1945.
Service history
After
shakedown in
Chesapeake Bay, the landing-craft repair ship departed
Norfolk, Virginia
Norfolk ( ) is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. Incorporated in 1705, it had a population of 238,005 at the 2020 census, making it the third-most populous city in Virginia after neighboring Virginia Be ...
12 May 1945; transited the
Panama Canal; received additional gear on the West Coast, sailed via
Pearl Harbor, the
Marshall Islands, and
Caroline Islands, and reached
Okinawa, 10 August 1945. With the end of World War II her base of operations transferred to
Sasebo, Japan, where the ship continued in occupation service from 22 September until 22 February 1946.
Returning to the United States, ''Numitor'' again transited the Panama Canal and arrived
Orange, Texas, 17 June 1946. Initially assisting in the deactivation of other vessels, she was placed out of commission in reserve 1 July 1947. Struck from the
Naval Vessel Register on 1 April 1960, ''Numitor'' was sold to the
Southern Scrap Material Co.
Southern may refer to:
Businesses
* China Southern Airlines, airline based in Guangzhou, China
* Southern Airways, defunct US airline
* Southern Air, air cargo transportation company based in Norwalk, Connecticut, US
* Southern Airways Expres ...
, of
New Orleans, Louisiana. The hull was later sold to the
Dravo Corporation for conversion to a
drydock.
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Achelous-class repair ships
Achelous-class repair ships converted from LST-542-class ships
World War II auxiliary ships of the United States
Ships built in Hingham, Massachusetts
1944 ships