Repair Ships
(AR, ARB, ARC, ARG, ARH, ARL, ARV)
Most recent update: March 30, 2015.
Many auxiliaries were created by converting existing ships; others were built new but starting with an existing design; the balance were both designed and built for their purpose. There are some gaps in the data, particularly for the conversions.
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| Name | Builder | hull # | Type | US Govt. # | Built | Converted By | New Name | LDT | LOA | Converted | Notes | |
| Repair Ships (AR) | ||||||||||||
| AR-1 | Medusa | Puget Sound NSY | 10,600 | 484 | 18 Sep 1924 | scrapped 1950 | ||||||
| AR-2 | Breslau | Bremer Vulkan (Ger.) | freighter | 1901 | Bridgeport | 7,175 | 447 | 9 Jun 2017 | AD-10 1920-24, scrapped 1948 | |||
| AR-3 | Prometheus | Mare Island NSY | collier | AC-2 | 1910 | Prometheus | 9,000 | 466 | 23 Dec 2014 | AC-2 1910-14, scrapped 1950 | ||
| AR-4 | Vestal | New York NSY | collier | AC-1 | 1909 | Vestal | 9,000 | 466 | 3 Sep 2013 | AC-1 1909-13, scrapped 1950 | ||
| AR-5 | Vulcan | New York ship | 422 | 9,430 | 529 | 14 Jun 1941 | scrapped 2006 | |||||
| AR-6 | Ajax | Todd LA | 58 | 9,430 | 529 | 30 Oct 1943 | scrapped 1997 | |||||
| AR-7 | Hector | Todd LA | 59 | 9,430 | 529 | 7 Feb 1944 | scrapped 1994 | |||||
| AR-8 | Jason | Todd LA | 60 | heavy hull AR | ARH-1 | 1944 | Jason | 9,430 | 529 | 9 Sep 1957 | ARH-1 1944-57, scrapped 2007 | |
| AR-9 | Hawaiian Packer | Newport News SB | 388 | freighter (C3) | 1941 | Cramp Sbldg. | Delta | 9,000 | 490 | 3 Mar 1943 | AK-29 1941-43, scrapped 1984 | |
| AR-10 | Dixie | Federal Kearny | 89 | freighter | 1928 | Alcor | 445 | 22 Dec 1941 | AD-34 1944, scrapped 1950 | |||
| AR-11 | Edgecombe | Skinner & Eddy | 41 | freighter | 1919 | Rigel | 6,250 | 424 | 10 Apr 1941 | AD-13 1922, scrapped 1946 | ||
| AR-12 | Hawaiian Planter | Newport News SB | 387 | freighter (C3) | 1941 | Beth Brooklyn | Briareus | 9,000 | 490 | 15 Nov 1943 | scrapped 1980 | |
| AR-13 | Amphion | Tampa SB | 146 | freighter (C3) | 6,265 | 492 | 30 Jan 1946 | to Iran 1977 as Chah Bahar (A-441), sank | ||||
| AR-14 | Cadmus | Tampa SB | 147 | freighter (C3) | 6,265 | 492 | 23 Apr 1946 | to Taiwan 1974 as Yu Tai (AR-521), scrapped 1995 | ||||
| AR-17 | HMS Assistance | Beth Fairfield | 2381 | freighter (C1) | MCE 2649 | 5,800 | 440 | 28 Aug 1944 | returned 1946, scrapped 1974 | |||
| AR-18 | HMS Diligence | Beth Fairfield | 2390 | freighter (C1) | MCE 2658 | 5,800 | 440 | 16 Aug 1944 | returned 1946, scrapped 1973 | |||
| AR-19 | HMS Hecla/Xanthus | Beth Fairfield | 2396 | freighter (C1) | MCE 2664 | 5,800 | 440 | 16 Aug 1944 | intended for Britain but retained, scrapped 1974 | |||
| AR-20 | HMS Dutiful/Laertes | Beth Fairfield | 2406 | freighter (C1) | MCE 2674 | 5,800 | 440 | 28 Sep 1944 | intended for Britain but retained, scrapped 1972 | |||
| AR-21 | HMS Faithful/Dionysus | Beth Fairfield | 2413 | freighter (C1) | MCE 2681 | 5,800 | 440 | 25 Oct 1944 | intended for Britain but retained, reefed off NC 1978 | |||
| AR-22 | Klondike | Todd LA | 64 | freighter (C3) | 1945 | 8,165 | 492 | 20 Feb 1960 | AD-22 1945-60, scrapped 1977 | |||
| AR-23 | Mormacpenn | Ingalls Pascagoula | 256 | freighter (C3) | MC 66 | 1942 | in Mobile AL | Markab | 8,560 | 492 | 15 Apr 1960 | AD-21 1942-60, scrapped 1977 |
| AR-28 | Grand Canyon | Todd Tacoma | 72 | freighter (C3) | MC 206 | 1945 | 8,165 | 492 | 11 Mar 1971 | AD-28 1945-71, scrapped 1980 | ||
| Battle Damage Repair Ships (ARB) | ||||||||||||
| ARB-1 | LST-329 | Philadelphia NSY | landing ship, tank | 1943 | Philadelphia NSY | Aristaeus | 1,781 | 328 | 18 May 1943 | laid up 1947, scrapped 1961 | ||
| ARB-2 | LST-328 | Philadelphia NSY | landing ship, tank | 1943 | Philadelphia NSY | Oceanus | 1,781 | 328 | 22 May 1943 | laid up 1947, scrapped 1961 | ||
| ARB-3 | LST-15 | Dravo Pittsburgh | landing ship, tank | 1943 | Tampa SB | Phaon | 1,781 | 328 | 5 Aug 1943 | laid up 1947, scrapped 1962 | ||
| ARB-4 | LST-132 | Chicago Bridge | landing ship, tank | 1944 | Maryland DD | Zeus | 1,781 | 328 | 11 Apr 1944 | laid up 1947, sold 1974 as Cape St. Elias, Coastal Star 1988, SNOPAC Innovator 2007 | ||
| ARB-5 | LST-514 | Chicago Bridge | landing ship, tank | 1944 | Maryland DD | Midas | 1,781 | 328 | 23 May 1944 | laid up 1947, scrapped 1980 | ||
| ARB-6 | LST-518 | Chicago Bridge | landing ship, tank | 1944 | Maryland DD | Nestor | 1,781 | 328 | 24 Jun 1944 | wrecked off Okinawa in a typhoon 29-Nov-45, scrapped 1947 | ||
| ARB-7 | LST-956 | Beth Hingham | 3426 | landing ship, tank | 1944 | Maryland DD | Sarpedon | 1,781 | 328 | 10 Mar 1945 | laid up 1947, sold 1977 as Petrola 133, scrapped 1989 | |
| ARB-8 | LST-976 | Beth Hingham | 3446 | landing ship, tank | 1945 | Maryland DD | Telamon | 1,781 | 328 | 1 Jun 1945 | laid up 1947, scrapped 1974 | |
| ARB-9 | LST-967 | Beth Hingham | 3437 | landing ship, tank | 1945 | Maryland DD | Ulysses | 1,781 | 328 | 20 Apr 1945 | laid up 1947, to Germany 1960 as Wotan (A-513) | |
| ARB-10 | LST-1121 | Chicago Bridge | landing ship, tank | 1945 | Maryland DD | Demeter | 1,781 | 328 | 3 Jul 1945 | laid up 1947, sold 1958, resold 1961 as Motonave, sank 1964 | ||
| ARB-11 | LST-1119 | Chicago Bridge | landing ship, tank | 1945 | Maryland DD | Diomedes | 1,781 | 328 | 23 Jun 1945 | laid up 1947, to Germany 1960 as Odin (A-512) | ||
| ARB-12 | LST-1127 | Chicago Bridge | landing ship, tank | 1945 | Maryland DD | Helios | 1,781 | 328 | 23 Jul 1945 | laid up 1947, to Brazil 1962 as Belmonte (G-24), sunk as target 2002 | ||
| ARB-13 | LST-50 | Dravo Pittsburgh | landing ship, tank | 1943 | 1,625 | 328 | 14 Nov 1952 | to Norway 1952 as Ellida (A-534), to Greece 1960 as Sakipis (A-329) | ||||
| Cable Repair Ships (ARC) | ||||||||||||
| ARC-1 | LSM-275 | Federal Newark | 545 | landing ship, Med. | 1944 | Mare Island NSY | Portunus | 520 | 203 | 2 Jul 1952 | to Portugal 1959 as Medusa (A5214), scrapped 1976 | |
| ARC-2 | William H. G. Bullard | Pusey & Jones | 1108 | S3-S2-BP1 | MC 2557 | 1946 | Beth Key Highway | Neptune | 4,410 | 362 | 1 Jun 1953 | laid up 1991, scrapped 2005 |
| ARC-3 | Turandot (AKA-47) | Walsh-Kaiser | 1908 | attack transport | MC 1908 | 1945 | Aeolus | 4,087 | 426 | 14 Mar 1955 | laid up 1985, reefed off North Carolina 1988 | |
| ARC-4 | Vanadis (AKA-49) | Walsh-Kaiser | 1910 | attack transport | MC 1910 | 1945 | Thor | 4,087 | 426 | 3 Jan 1956 | laid up 1974, scrapped 1977 | |
| ARC-5 | Trapper (ACM-9) | Marietta Mfg. | 480 | minelayer | 1945 | Yamacrow | 1,300 | 188 | 30 Apr 1959 | to USCG 1946 as Yamacraw (WARC-333), to USN 1959, struck 1965 | ||
| ARC-6 | Albert J. Meyer | Pusey & Jones | 1109 | S3-S2-BP1 | MC 2668 | 1945 | 4,410 | 362 | 13 Jun 1966 | to USA 1952, to USN 1966, laid up 1995, scrapped 2005 | ||
| ARC-7 | Zeus | NASSCO | 410 | 9,110 | 513 | 19 Mar 1984 | ||||||
| Machinery Repair Ships (ARG) | ||||||||||||
| ARG-1 | Massachusetts | Cramp Shipbuilding | 342 | passenger freighter | 1907 | Oglala | 3,750 | 385 | 21 May 1943 | to USN 1918 as Shawmut (CM-4), Oglala 1928, sunk at PH 1941 but refloated, ARG-1943, scrapped 1947 | ||
| ARG-2 | Samuel Bowles | Beth Fairfield | 2131 | freighter (C1) | MCE 981 | 1943 | Maryland DD | Luzon | 5,800 | 440 | 12 Oct 1943 | scrapped 1974 |
| ARG-3 | Elbert Hubbard | Beth Fairfield | 2133 | freighter (C1) | MCE 983 | 1943 | Maryland DD | Mindanao | 5,800 | 440 | 6 Nov 1943 | reefed off Daytona Beach FL 1980 |
| ARG-4 | Arthur P. Gorman | Beth Fairfield | 2227 | freighter (C1) | MCE 1779 | 1943 | Maryland DD | Tutuila | 5,800 | 440 | 8 Apr 1944 | to Taiwan 1972 as Pien Tai (ARG-516) |
| ARG-5 | Caleb C. Wheeler | Beth Fairfield | 2230 | freighter (C1) | MCE 1782 | 1943 | Maryland DD | Oahu | 5,800 | 440 | 4 Apr 1944 | scrapped 1979 |
| ARG-6 | Francis P. Duffey | Beth Fairfield | 2253 | freighter (C1) | MCE 1805 | 1943 | Maryland DD | Cebu | 5,800 | 440 | 15 Apr 1944 | scrapped 1973 |
| ARG-7 | John F. Goucher | Beth Fairfield | 2278 | freighter (C1) | MCE 1830 | 1943 | Maryland DD | Culebra Island | 5,800 | 440 | 19 May 1944 | scrapped 1974 |
| ARG-8 | Leyte | Beth Fairfield | 2327 | freighter (C1) | MCE 2595 | 1944 | Maryland DD | Maui | 5,800 | 440 | 17 Aug 1944 | scrapped 1972 |
| ARG-9 | Mona Island | Beth Fairfield | 2366 | freighter (C1) | MCE 2634 | 1944 | Maryland DD | 5,800 | 440 | 17 Oct 1944 | reefed off Wachapreague VA 1975 | |
| ARG-10 | Palawan | Beth Fairfield | 2400 | freighter (C1) | MCE 2668 | 1944 | Beth Key Highway | 5,800 | 440 | 3 May 1945 | reefed off Redondo Beach CA-1977 | |
| ARG-11 | Samar | Beth Fairfield | 2415 | freighter (C1) | MCE 2683 | 1944 | Beth Key Highway | 5,800 | 440 | 5 Jun 1945 | scrapped 1974 | |
| ARG-12 | redesignated AG-68 | |||||||||||
| ARG-13 | redesignated AG-69 | |||||||||||
| ARG-14 | redesignated ARV 1 | |||||||||||
| ARG-15 | redesignated ARV 2 | |||||||||||
| ARG-16 | Deal Island | Beth Fairfield | 2412 | freighter (C1) | MCE 2680 | 1944 | Beth Key Highway | Kermit Roosevelt | 5,800 | 440 | 31 May 1945 | scrapped 1960 |
| ARG-17 | Bert McDowell | Beth Fairfield | 2414 | freighter (C1) | MCE 2682 | 1944 | Beth Key Highway | Hooper Island | 5,800 | 440 | 13 Jul 1945 | scrapped 1970 |
| ARG-18 | Holland | Puget Sound NSY | 8,100 | 513 | 30 Aug 1945 | AS-3 1926-45, scrapped 1953 | ||||||
| ARG-19 | Beaver | Newport News SB | 126 | passenger | 1910 | Mare Island NSY | Beaver | 4,737 | 380 | 25 Jun 1945 | AS-5 1918-45, scrapped 1952 | |
| ARG-20 | Fred Morris | Federal Kearny | 175 | freighter (C1) | MC 70 | 1940 | Federal Kearny | Otus | 9,225 | 418 | 25 Jun 1945 | AS-20 1941-45, scrapped 1970 |
| Heavy-Hull Repair Ships (ARH) | ||||||||||||
| ARH-1 | Jason | Todd LA | 60 | 9,430 | 529 | 19 Jun 1944 | AR-8 1957, scrapped 2007 | |||||
| Landing Craft Repair Ships (ARL) | ||||||||||||
| ARL-1 | LST-10 | Dravo Pittsburgh | landing ship, tank | 1943 | Beth Key Highway | Achelous | 1,781 | 328 | 2 Apr 1943 | scrapped 1973 | ||
| ARL-2 | LST-489 | Kaiser Richmond | 44 | landing ship, tank | 1943 | Matson Nav. | Amycus | 1,781 | 328 | 30 Jul 1943 | sold 1970 and converted to barge | |
| ARL-3 | LST-490 | Kaiser Richmond | 45 | landing ship, tank | 1943 | Matson Nav. | Agenor | 1,781 | 328 | 20 Aug 1943 | to France 1951 as Vulcain, to Taiwan 1957 as Shung Shan (ARL-336), to Japan 1974 as Wu Tai (AP-520) | |
| ARL-4 | LST-83 | Jeffboat | landing ship, tank | 1943 | Beth Key Highway | Adonis | 1,781 | 328 | 12 Nov 1943 | scrapped 1961 | ||
| ARL-5 | LST-81 | Jeffboat | landing ship, tank | 1943 | 1,781 | 328 | 29 Jul 1943 | to Britain as LSE-1, to Argentina 1947 as Ingeniero Hodesh (Q-21), disposed-of 1967 | ||||
| ARL-6 | LST-82 | Jeffboat | landing ship, tank | 1943 | 1,781 | 328 | 2 Aug 1943 | to Britain as LSE-2, to Argentina 1947 as Ingeniero Gadda (Q-22), sold 1968 as Tierra del Fuego | ||||
| ARL-7 | LST-231 | Chicago Bridge | landing ship, tank | 1944 | Beth Key Highway | Atlas | 1,781 | 328 | 8 Feb 1944 | scrapped 1972 | ||
| ARL-8 | LST-136 | Chicago Bridge | landing ship, tank | 1944 | Beth Key Highway | Egeria | 1,781 | 328 | 30 Mar 1944 | scrapped 1980 | ||
| ARL-9 | LST-513 | Chicago Bridge | landing ship, tank | 1944 | Beth Key Highway | Endymion | 1,781 | 328 | 9 May 1944 | scrapped 1973 | ||
| ARL-10 | LST-1003 | Boston NSY | landing ship, tank | 1944 | Beth Key Highway | Coronis | 1,781 | 328 | 28 Nov 1944 | scrapped 1962 | ||
| ARL-11 | LST-1036 | Boston NSY | landing ship, tank | 1945 | Beth Key Highway | Creon | 1,781 | 328 | 27 Jan 1945 | scrapped 1961 | ||
| ARL-12 | LST-1037 | Boston NSY | landing ship, tank | 1945 | Beth Key Highway | Poseidon | 1,781 | 328 | 13 Feb 1945 | scrapped 1961 | ||
| ARL-13 | LST-971 | Beth Hingham | 3441 | landing ship, tank | 1945 | Beth Key Highway | Menelaus | 1,781 | 328 | 29 May 1945 | scrapped 1961 | |
| ARL-14 | LST-644 | Chicago Bridge | landing ship, tank | 1945 | Gibbs Gas Engine | Minos | 1,781 | 328 | 26 Sep 1944 | scrapped 1961 | ||
| ARL-15 | LST-645 | Chicago Bridge | landing ship, tank | 1945 | Alabama DD | Minotaur | 1,781 | 328 | 26 Feb 1945 | to Korea 1955 as Duk Soo (ARL-1) | ||
| ARL-16 | LST-948 | Beth Hingham | 3418 | landing ship, tank | 1945 | Merrill-Stevens | Myrmidon | 1,781 | 328 | 9 Mar 1945 | scrapped 1961 | |
| ARL-17 | LST-954 | Beth Hingham | 3424 | landing ship, tank | 1945 | Beth Key Highway | Numitor | 1,781 | 328 | 3 Apr 1945 | scrapped 1961 | |
| ARL-18 | LST-650 | Chicago Bridge | landing ship, tank | 1945 | Todd New Orleans | Pandemus | 1,781 | 328 | 23 Feb 1945 | sunk as target 1969 | ||
| ARL-19 | LST-955 | Beth Hingham | 3425 | landing ship, tank | 1945 | Beth Key Highway | Patroclus | 1,781 | 328 | 17 Apr 1945 | to Turkey 1952 as Basaran (A-582) | |
| ARL-20 | LST-1115 | Chicago Bridge | landing ship, tank | 1945 | Beth Key Highway | Pentheus | 1,781 | 328 | 7 Jun 1945 | scrapped 1960 | ||
| ARL-21 | LST-1116 | Chicago Bridge | landing ship, tank | 1945 | Gibbs Gas Engine | Proserpine | 1,781 | 328 | 31 May 1945 | scrapped 1960 | ||
| ARL-22 | LST-962 | Beth Hingham | 3432 | landing ship, tank | 1945 | Gibbs Gas Engine | Romulus | 1,781 | 328 | 10 May 1945 | to the Philippines 1961 as Aklan (AR-67) | |
| ARL-23 | LST-852 | Chicago Bridge | landing ship, tank | 1945 | Merrill-Stevens | Satyr | 1,781 | 328 | 28 Apr 1945 | to Vietnam 1971 as Vinh Long (HQ-802), to the Philippines 1975 as Yakal (AR-617) | ||
| ARL-24 | LST-963 | Beth Hingham | 3433 | landing ship, tank | 1945 | Merrill-Stevens | Spinx | 1,781 | 328 | 10 May 1945 | struck 1989, to Dunkirk NY 2002 as museum, scrapped 2007 | |
| ARL-26 | LST-858 | Chicago Bridge | landing ship, tank | 1945 | Alabama DD | Stentor | 1,781 | 328 | 28 Apr 1945 | scrapped 1960 | ||
| ARL-27 | LST-1117 | Chicago Bridge | landing ship, tank | 1945 | Gibbs Gas Engine | Tantalus | 1,781 | 328 | 5 Jun 1945 | scrapped 1947 | ||
| ARL-28 | LST-1118 | Chicago Bridge | landing ship, tank | 1945 | Beth Key Highway | Typhon | 1,781 | 328 | 18 Jun 1945 | scrapped 1960 | ||
| ARL-29 | LST-1124 | Chicago Bridge | landing ship, tank | 1945 | Beth Key Highway | Amphitrite | 1,781 | 328 | 28 Jun 1945 | scrapped 1961 | ||
| ARL-30 | LST-1131 | Chicago Bridge | landing ship, tank | 1945 | Merrill-Stevens | Askari | 1,781 | 328 | 23 Jul 1945 | to Indonesia 1971 as Ridjaja Widjaja | ||
| ARL-31 | LST-1132 | Chicago Bridge | landing ship, tank | 1945 | Alabama DD | Bellerophon | 1,781 | 328 | 21 Jul 1945 | scrapped 1977 | ||
| ARL-32 | LST-1136 | Chicago Bridge | landing ship, tank | 1945 | Beth Key Highway | Bellona | 1,781 | 328 | 26 Jul 1945 | scrapped 1945 | ||
| ARL-33 | LST-1137 | Chicago Bridge | landing ship, tank | 1945 | Beth Key Highway | Chimaera | 1,781 | 328 | 7 Aug 1945 | scrapped 1961 | ||
| ARL-35 | LST-1143 | Chicago Bridge | landing ship, tank | 1945 | Alabama DD | Daedalus | 1,781 | 328 | 19 Oct 1945 | scrapped 1960 | ||
| ARL-36 | LST-1145 | Chicago Bridge | landing ship, tank | 1945 | Beth Key Highway | Gordius | 1,781 | 328 | 14 Sep 1945 | scrapped 1961 | ||
| ARL-37 | LST-1147 | Chicago Bridge | landing ship, tank | 1945 | Beth Key Highway | Indra | 1,781 | 328 | 2 Oct 1945 | scrapped 1977 | ||
| ARL-38 | LST-1149 | Chicago Bridge | landing ship, tank | 1945 | Beth Key Highway | Krishna | 1,781 | 328 | 3 Dec 1945 | to the Philippines 1971 as Narra (AR-38) | ||
| ARL-39 | LST-1151 | Chicago Bridge | landing ship, tank | 1945 | Beth Key Highway | Quirinus | 1,781 | 328 | 6 Nov 1945 | to Venezuela 1962 as Guayana (T-18) | ||
| ARL-40 | LST-453 | Kaiser Vancouver | 157 | landing ship, tank | 1944 | in Brisbane (Australia) | Remus | 1,781 | 328 | 15 Aug 1944 | scrapped 1947 | |
| ARL-41 | LST-455 | Kaiser Vancouver | 159 | landing ship, tank | 1944 | in Brisbane (Australia) | Achilles | 1,781 | 328 | 21 Aug 1944 | to China 1947 as Hsing An (ARL-335), to PRC 1949 as Taku San | |
| Aircraft Repair Ships (ARV) | ||||||||||||
| ARV-1 | ARG-14/Chourre | Beth Fairfield | 2369 | freighter (C1) | MCE 2637 | 5,800 | 440 | 7 Dec 1944 | scrapped 1971 | |||
| ARV-2 | ARG-15/Webster | Beth Fairfield | 2398 | freighter (C1) | MCE 2666 | 5,800 | 440 | 15 May 1945 | reefed off Cape Henry 1977 | |||
| ARVE 3 | LST-1092/Aventinus | American Bridge | landing ship, tank | 1,781 | 328 | 30 May 1945 | to Chile 1963 as Aguila (ARVE 135), scuttled 1980 | |||||
| ARVE 4 | LST-1094/Chloris | American Bridge | landing ship, tank | 1,781 | 328 | 19 Jun 1945 | sold 1977 as Avlon | |||||
| ARVA 5 | LST-1093/Fabius | American Bridge | landing ship, tank | 1,781 | 328 | 7 Jun 1945 | scrapped 1974 | |||||
| ARVA-6 | LST-1095/Megara | American Bridge | landing ship, tank | 1,781 | 328 | 27 Jun 1945 | to Mexico 1973 as Rio Grijalva (A-03) | |||||