USS Phaon

USS Phaon (ARB-3), moored to a buoy in the harbor at Saipan, c. late 1944 to early August 1945.
History
United States
Name	LST-15 Phaon
Namesake	Phaon
Builder	Dravo Corporation, Neville Island, Pennsylvania
Laid down	17 September 1942
Launched	30 January 1943
Sponsored by	Mrs. Marion D. Calabreeze
Commissioned	5 August 1943
Decommissioned	January 1947
Reclassified	Battle Damage Repair Ship, 25 January 1943
Stricken	1 July 1961
Identification	Hull symbol: LST-15 Hull symbol: ARB-3 Code letters: NJXD
Honors and awards	3 × battle stars (World War II)
Fate	Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego, California Sold for scrapping, 8 July 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
Service record
Operations:	Gilbert Islands operation Gilbert and Marshall Islands campaign (20 November–8 December 1943) Marianas operation Capture and occupation of Saipan (19 June–10 August 1944) Tinian capture and occupation (24 July–1 August 1944)
Awards:	Combat Action Ribbon American Campaign Medal Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal World War II Victory Medal

USS Phaon (ARB-3) 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. Named for Phaon (in Greek mythology, a boatman of Mitylene in Lesbos), she was the only US Naval vessel to bear the name.