_underway_off_Charleston,_South_Carolina_(USA),_19_February_1945_(19-N-78643).jpg) USS Achelous (ARL-1), date and location unknown.
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| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | Achelous |
| Laid down | 15 August 1942 |
| Launched | 25 November 1942 |
| Commissioned | 2 April 1943 |
| Decommissioned | January 1947 |
| Stricken | 1 June 1973 |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping 21 January 1974 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Achelous-class repair ship |
| Displacement | 4,100 tons |
| Length | 328 ft (100 m) |
| Beam | 50 ft (15 m) |
| Draft | 11 ft 2 in (3 m) |
| Speed | 11.6 kn (21.5 km/h) |
| Complement | 255 officers and enlisted men |
| Armament | 1 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 cal gun, 8 × Bofors 40 mm guns, 8 × Oerlikon 20 mm cannons |
USS Achelous (ARL-1) was one of 39 tank landing ships converted into landing craft repair ships for service in the United States Navy during World War II. The lead ship in her class, she was named for the Greek god Achelous, the only U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name.
She was laid down as the unnamed LST-10 on 15 August 1942, at Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania by the Dravo Corporation; launched on 25 November 1942; sponsored by Mrs. George F. Wolfe, the wife of the chief engineer of Dravo; named Achelous and redesignated ARL-1 on 13 January 1943; and commissioned on 2 April 1943, at Baltimore, Maryland.