Achelous Class Repair Ships Converted from Lst-542-Class Ships - USS Askari, USS Satyr, USS Sphinx, USS Krishna, USS Pandemus, USS Romulus (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 104. Not illustrated. Chapters: Uss Askari, Uss Satyr, Uss Sphinx, Uss Krishna, Uss Pandemus, Uss Romulus, Uss Minotaur, Uss Typhon, Uss Bellerophon, Uss Menelaus, Uss Proserpine, Uss Stentor, Uss Patroclus, Uss Gordius, Uss Indra, Uss Amphitrite, Uss Coronis, Uss Tantalus, Uss Myrmidon, Uss Creon, Uss Bellona, Uss Numitor, Uss Pentheus, Uss Minos, Uss Daedalus, Uss Poseidon, Uss Chimaera. Excerpt: USS Askari (ARL-30) was one of 39 Achelous-class landing craft repair ships built for the United States Navy during World War II. Askari is an Arabic word for soldier, a term frequently applied to indigenous troops in Africa serving European colonial powers, particularly the British and Germans in East Africa from the late 19th century to the end of the World War I; ARL-30 has been the only U.S. naval vessel to bear the name. Originally laid down as LST-1131 on 8 December 1944 at Seneca, Illinois by the Chicago Bridge & Iron Company, she was launched on 2 March 1945 and sponsored by Mrs. Patricia Ann Jacobsen. Askari was then ferried down the Mississippi River to New Orleans, where the landing craft repair ship was commissioned on 15 March 1945, with Lieutenant Charles L. Haslup in command. On 28 March, she got underway for Jacksonville, Florida where she was decommissioned on 9 April 1945 for outfitting for her role by the Merrill-Stevens Drydock & Repair Company. The ship was recommissioned as USS Askari (ARL-30) on 23 July 1945. Early in August, the ship voyaged from Jacksonville to Norfolk, Virginia, where she remained until putting to sea on 20 August, bound for the Pacific Ocean. After transiting the Panama Canal and steaming north along the Pacific coast, she reached San Diego on 21 September. At the beginning of October, Askari shifted north to Seattle and remained in the Puget Sound area until the spring of 1946. Early in Apri...