USS Agenor

	USS Agenor in 1945
History
United States
Name	Agenor
Namesake	Agenor
Builder	Permanente Metals Corporation, Richmond
Yard number	45
Laid down	24 January 1943
Launched	3 April 1943
Commissioned	20 August 1943
Decommissioned	15 November 1946
Reclassified	ARL-3, 13 January 1943
Stricken	26 March 1951
Identification	Callsign: NJVB; ; Hull number: LST-490;
Honors and; awards	See Awards
Fate	Transferred to France, 2 March 1951
France
Name	Vulcain
Namesake	Vulcain
Acquired	2 March 1951
Stricken	26 March 1951
Identification	Hull number: A656
Fate	Transferred to the Republic of China, 15 September 1957
Republic of China
Name	Song Shan; (嵩山);
Namesake	Song Shan
Acquired	30 September 1957
Commissioned	1 November 1957
Renamed	Wu Tai, 1 August 1968; (五台);
Namesake	Wu Tai
Decommissioned	April 1983
Reclassified	ARL-236; AP-520, 1968;
Identification	Hull number: ARL-336
General characteristics
Class and type	Achelous-class repair ship
Displacement	3,900 long tons (4,000 t) (light) ; 4,100 long tons (4,200 t) (full load);
Length	328 ft (100 m)
Beam	50 ft (15 m)
Draft	11 ft 2 in (3.40 m)
Installed power	2 × Electro-Motive Diesel 12-567A diesel engines; 1,800 shp (1,300 kW);
Propulsion	1 × Falk main reduction gears; 2 × Propellers;
Speed	12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	22 officers, 233 enlisted men
Armament	1 × 3-inch (76 mm)/50 caliber dual-purpose gun 2 × quad 40 millimetres (1.57 in) Bofors anti-aircraft (AA) guns 6 × twin 20 millimetres (0.79 in) Oerlikon AA cannons
Service record
Operations:	Capture and occupation of Saipan (25 June–21 July 1944); Capture and occupation of Guam (1–15 August 1944); Tinian Capture and occupation (24–31 July 1944); Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima (19 February–16 March 1945);
Awards:	American Campaign Medal; Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal; World War II Victory Medal;

USS Agenor (ARL-3) was one of 39 Achelous-class repair ship landing craft repair ships built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named for Agenor (in history and in Greek mythology, a king of Tyre), she was the only U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name.

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History
USS Agenor in 1945
United States
Name	Agenor
Namesake	Agenor
Builder	Permanente Metals Corporation, Richmond
Yard number	45^[1]
Laid down	24 January 1943
Launched	3 April 1943
Commissioned	20 August 1943
Decommissioned	15 November 1946
Reclassified	ARL-3, 13 January 1943
Stricken	26 March 1951
Identification	Callsign: NJVB Hull number: LST-490
Honors and awards	See Awards
Fate	Transferred to France, 2 March 1951
France
Name	Vulcain
Namesake	Vulcain
Acquired	2 March 1951
Stricken	26 March 1951
Identification	Hull number: A656
Fate	Transferred to the Republic of China, 15 September 1957
Republic of China
Name	Song Shan (嵩山)
Namesake	Song Shan
Acquired	30 September 1957
Commissioned	1 November 1957
Renamed	Wu Tai, 1 August 1968 (五台)
Namesake	Wu Tai
Decommissioned	April 1983
Reclassified	ARL-236 AP-520, 1968
Identification	Hull number: ARL-336
General characteristics ^[2]
Class and type	Achelous-class repair ship
Displacement	3,900 long tons (4,000 t) (light) 4,100 long tons (4,200 t) (full load)
Length	328 ft (100 m)
Beam	50 ft (15 m)
Draft	11 ft 2 in (3.40 m)
Installed power	2 × Electro-Motive Diesel 12-567A diesel engines 1,800 shp (1,300 kW)
Propulsion	1 × Falk main reduction gears 2 × Propellers
Speed	12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement	22 officers, 233 enlisted men
Armament	1 × 3-inch (76 mm)/50 caliber dual-purpose gun 2 × quad 40 millimetres (1.57 in) Bofors anti-aircraft (AA) guns 6 × twin 20 millimetres (0.79 in) Oerlikon AA cannons
Service record
Operations:	Capture and occupation of Saipan (25 June–21 July 1944) Capture and occupation of Guam (1–15 August 1944) Tinian Capture and occupation (24–31 July 1944) Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima (19 February–16 March 1945)
Awards:	American Campaign Medal Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal World War II Victory Medal