Following shakedown in Chesapeake Bay, Patroclus departed the east coast 22 May 1945, transited the Panama Canal, and steamed to San Francisco for final outfitting. Steaming westward 2 July, the landing craft repair ship arrived at Saipan 7 August, and reported for duty with Serv Div 103. On 27 August, she continued on to Tokyo Bay, to provide repair facilities for occupation force vessels. Assigned to Tokyo Bay, she witnessed the formal surrender of Japan on 2 September, then commenced repair work on all LSMs, LCIs, LCSs, and LSTs in the area. On 7 April 1946, Patroclus was relieved by USS Romulus and on 8 April, she departed for the east coast of the United States and inactivation.[3]
Decommissioned 2 October 1946, Patroclus was berthed at Green Cove Springs, Florida, as a unit of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet until November 1951. Then, transferred to the custody of the 6th Naval District, she underwent conversion prior to transfer under the Military Assistance Program. Struck from the Naval Vessel Register 22 August 1952, she was transferred to Turkey, on 15 November 1952, where she served that nation as TCG Basaran (A 582).[3] She was scrapped in September 1993.[2]
USS Patroclus (ARL-19) anchored at Tinian, Marianas Islands with an unidentified LSM alongside to port, date unknown. Prominent in this view is the ship's 15- and 20-ton booms as well as the 60-ton A-frame boom.
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patroclus, laid, down, united, states, navy, class, tank, landing, ship, converted, achelous, class, repair, ships, that, were, used, repairing, landing, craft, during, world, named, patroclus, homeric, character, beloved, achilles, slain, hector, while, fight. USS Patroclus ARL 19 was laid down as a United States Navy LST 542 class tank landing ship but converted to one of 39 Achelous class repair ships that were used for repairing landing craft during World War II Named for Patroclus a Homeric character a beloved of Achilles slain by Hector while fighting in Achilles armor she was the only US Naval vessel to bear the name USS Patroclus ARL 19 in the harbor at Baltimore Maryland 18 April 1945 after completion of conversion from an LST to an ARL History United States NameLST 955 Patroclus NamesakePatroclus BuilderBethlehem Hingham Shipyard Hingham Massachusetts Yard number3425 1 Laid down22 September 1944 Launched22 October 1944 Commissioned13 November 1944 partial commission 17 April 1945 full commission Decommissioned27 November 1944 2 October 1946 Stricken22 August 1952 IdentificationHull symbol LST 955 Hull symbol ARL 19 Code letters NKFI FateLaid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet Green Cove Springs Florida Transferred to Turkey 15 November 1952 Turkey NameBasaran NamesakeCity of Basaran Kuyucak Acquired15 November 1952 IdentificationHull symbol A 582 FateScrapped September 1993 General characteristics 2 Class and typeLST 542 class tank landing ship Achelous class repair ship Displacement3 900 long tons 4 000 t light 4 100 long tons 4 200 t full load Length328 ft 100 m oa Beam50 ft 15 m Draft11 ft 2 in 3 40 m Installed power2 900 hp 670 kW Electro Motive Diesel 12 567A diesel engines 1 800 shp 1 300 kW Propulsion1 Falk main reduction gears 2 Propellers Speed11 6 kn 21 5 km h 13 3 mph Complement22 officers 233 enlisted men Armament1 3 in 76 mm 50 caliber dual purpose gun 2 quad 40 mm 1 57 in Bofors guns with Mark 51 director 6 twin 20 mm 0 79 in Oerlikon cannons Contents 1 Construction 2 Service history 3 Notes 3 1 Citations 4 Bibliography 5 External linksConstruction editLST 955 was laid down on 22 September 1944 at Hingham Massachusetts by the Bethlehem Hingham Shipyard launched 22 October 1944 and placed in reduced commission 13 November 1944 to proceed to Baltimore Maryland decommissioned on 27 November converted to an ARL at the Bethlehem Key Highway Shipyard and commissioned in full 17 April 1945 3 Service history editFollowing shakedown in Chesapeake Bay Patroclus departed the east coast 22 May 1945 transited the Panama Canal and steamed to San Francisco for final outfitting Steaming westward 2 July the landing craft repair ship arrived at Saipan 7 August and reported for duty with Serv Div 103 On 27 August she continued on to Tokyo Bay to provide repair facilities for occupation force vessels Assigned to Tokyo Bay she witnessed the formal surrender of Japan on 2 September then commenced repair work on all LSMs LCIs LCSs and LSTs in the area On 7 April 1946 Patroclus was relieved by USS Romulus and on 8 April she departed for the east coast of the United States and inactivation 3 Decommissioned 2 October 1946 Patroclus was berthed at Green Cove Springs Florida as a unit of the Atlantic Reserve Fleet until November 1951 Then transferred to the custody of the 6th Naval District she underwent conversion prior to transfer under the Military Assistance Program Struck from the Naval Vessel Register 22 August 1952 she was transferred to Turkey on 15 November 1952 where she served that nation as TCG Basaran A 582 3 She was scrapped in September 1993 2 nbsp USS Patroclus ARL 19 anchored at Tinian Marianas Islands with an unidentified LSM alongside to port date unknown Prominent in this view is the ship s 15 and 20 ton booms as well as the 60 ton A frame boom Notes editCitations edit Bethlehem Hingham 2011 a b Navsource 2013 a b c DANFS 2015 Bibliography editOnline resources Patroclus Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships Naval History and Heritage Command 19 August 2015 Retrieved 14 June 2017 nbsp This article incorporates text from this source which is in the public domain Bethlehem Hingham Hingham MA ShipbuildingHistory com 11 August 2011 Retrieved 14 June 2017 USS Patroclus ARL 19 Navsource org 6 December 2013 Retrieved 14 June 2017 External links editPhoto gallery of USS Patroclus ARL 19 at NavSource Naval History Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title USS Patroclus amp oldid 1202363354, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
