USS Pandemus

USS Pandemus
History
United States
NameUSS Pandemus
NamesakePandemus, a goddess in Egyptian mythology and Greek mythology
BuilderChicago Bridge and Iron Company, Seneca, Illinois
Laid down20 July 1944
Launched10 October 1944
Sponsored byMrs. Laura Sauter Gasperik
Commissioned23 February 1945
Decommissioned23 September 1946
Recommissioned14 December 1951
Decommissioned30 September 1968
Stricken1 October 1968
FateSunk as a target, 1969
General characteristics
Class and typeAchelous class repair ship
Displacement
  • 2,220 long tons (2,256 t) light
  • 4,100 long tons (4,166 t) full
Length328 ft (100 m)
Beam50 ft (15 m)
Draft11 ft 2 in (3.40 m)
Propulsion2 × General Motors 12-567 diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders
Speed12 knots (14 mph; 22 km/h)
Complement255 officers and enlisted men
Armament
Service record
Awards: 1 battle star for World War II

USS Pandemus (ARL-18) was one of 39 Achelous-class landing craft repair ships built for the United States Navy during World War II and was in commission from 1945 to 1946 and from 1951 to 1968. Named for Pandemus (a civic goddess in Egyptian and Greek mythology, perhaps of marriage, personifying earthly or common love), she has been the only U.S. Navy vessel to bear the name.