USS Aristaeus

USS Aristaeus (ARB-1), overhead view while underway, date and location unknown.
History
United States
Name	LST-329 Aristaeus
Namesake	Aristaeus
Builder	Philadelphia Navy Yard, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Laid down	12 November 1942
Launched	1 February 1943
Sponsored by	Mrs. Arthur Taylor
Commissioned	18 May 1943
Decommissioned	15 January 1947
Reclassified	Battle Damage Repair Ship, 26 January 1943
Stricken	1 July 1961
Identification	Hull symbol: LST-329 Hull symbol: ARB-1 Code letters: NJWX
Honors and awards	1 × battle stars (World War II)
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 14 March 1962
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	LST-1-class tank landing ship Aristaeus-class battle damage repair ship
Displacement	1,781 long tons (1,810 t) (light) 4,100 long tons (4,200 t) (full)
Length	328 ft (100 m) oa
Beam	50 ft (15 m)
Draft	11 ft 2 in (3.40 m)
Installed power	2 × 900 hp (670 kW) Electro-Motive Diesel 12-567A diesel engines 1,700 shp (1,300 kW)
Propulsion	1 × Falk main reduction gears 2 × Propellers
Speed	11.6 kn (21.5 km/h; 13.3 mph)
Complement	20 officers, 234 enlisted men
Armament	1 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber gun 2 × quad 40 mm (1.57 in) Bofors guns 8 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannons

USS Aristaeus (ARB-1) was planned as a United States Navy LST-1-class tank landing ship, but was redesignated as one of twelve Aristaeus-class battle damage repair ships built for the United States Navy during World War II. The lead ship in her class, she was named for Aristaeus (in Greek mythology, the son of Apollo and the huntress Cyrene), the only US Naval vessel to bear the name.