USS Remus
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USS LST-453 was a United States Navy LST-1-class tank landing ship used in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater during World War II. She was converted at Brisbane, Australia, into an Achelous-class repair ship, shortly after commissioning, and used in the repairing of landing craft. She was later renamed for Remus (along with Romulus, one of the legendary twin sons of Mars and the Vestal Rhea Silvia), she was the only US Naval vessel to bear the name.
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Namesake | Remus |
Ordered | as a Type S3-M-K2 hull, MCE hull 973[1] |
Builder | Kaiser Shipbuilding Company, Vancouver, Washington |
Yard number | 157[1] |
Laid down | 28 July 1942 |
Launched | 10 October 1942 |
Commissioned | 21 January 1943 |
Decommissioned | 15 July 1946 |
Renamed | Remus, 15 August 1944 |
Reclassified | ARL-40, 15 August 1944 |
Refit | converted to Landing Craft Repair Ship, May 1943 |
Stricken | 15 August 1946 |
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Honors and awards | 2 × battle stars |
Fate | Transferred to the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, 14 December 1946 |
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Operator | MARAD |
Fate | Sold for scrapping, 16 December 1947 |
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Length | 328 ft (100 m) oa |
Beam | 50 ft (15 m) |
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Speed | 11.6 kn (21.5 km/h; 13.3 mph) |
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