USS Zeus (ARB-4)

USS Zeus (ARB-4), underway near Baltimore, Maryland, 18 April 1944, after completion of conversion to a Battle Damage Repair Ship. Note the 3"/50 gun on the stern with the 40 mm quad mount just forward of and above it.
History
United States
Name	LST-132 Zeus
Namesake	Zeus
Builder	Chicago Bridge and Iron Company, Seneca, Illinois
Laid down	17 June 1943
Launched	26 October 1943
Commissioned	11 April 1944
Decommissioned	30 August 1946
Stricken	1 June 1973
Identification	Hull symbol: LST-132 Hull symbol: ARB-4 Code letters: NJXG
Fate	Sold for merchant service, 1 August 1974
United States
Name	Cape St. Elias
Namesake	Cape St. Elias
Owner	Snopac Enterprises
Identification	IMO number: 8836273
Fate	Sold, 1988
United States
Name	Coastal Star
Owner	Icicle Sea Foods
Identification	IMO number: 8836273
Fate	Sold, December 2007
United States
Name	SNOPAC Innovator
Owner	SNOPAC Products Inc.
Renamed	Gorden Jensen, April 2012
Identification	IMO number: 8836273 MMSI number: 367526070 Callsign: WDG3440
Status	in active service
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 Zeus (ARB-4) 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 Zeus (in Greek mythology, the king of the gods, the ruler of Mount Olympus, and god of the sky and thunder), she was the only US Naval vessel to bear the name.