USS Gordius
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History | |
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United States | |
Name | LST-1145 |
Builder | Chicago Bridge & Iron Company, Seneca, Illinois |
Laid down | 5 February 1945 |
Launched | 7 May 1945 |
Sponsored by | Mrs. Helen H. Davis |
Commissioned | 18 May 1945 |
Decommissioned | 11 June 1945 |
Refit | converted to landing craft repair ship, Bethlehem Steel, Baltimore , June–September 1945 |
Renamed | USS Gordius (ARL-36) |
Recommissioned | 14 September 1945 |
Decommissioned | 21 December 1955 |
Stricken | 1 February 1961 |
Fate | Transferred to Iran, 7 September 1968 |
History | |
Iran | |
Name | IIS Sohrab |
Namesake | Sohrab |
Acquired | 7 September 1968 |
Fate | Sunk as target, 1974 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Achelous-class repair ship |
Displacement |
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Length | 328 ft (100 m) |
Beam | 50 ft (15 m) |
Draft | 11 ft 2 in (3.40 m) |
Propulsion | 2 × General Motors 12-567 diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders |
Speed | 12 knots (14 mph; 22 km/h) |
Complement | 253 officers and enlisted men |
Armament |
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USS Gordius (ARL-36) was one of 39 Achelous-class landing craft repair ships built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named for Gordius (in mythology, first king of Phrygia), she was the only U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name.
Originally planned as LST-1145, was redesignated ARL-36 and named Gordius 27 October 1944 while building at Chicago Bridge & Iron Works,
Service history
Operating out of Amphibious Base,
Gordius continued her work in support of amphibious training until steaming into Green Cove Springs, Florida 10 November 1955. She decommissioned 21 December 1955 and was placed in reserve.
Taken out of reserve in early 1968, she was stricken from the Naval Vessel Register 1 February and loaned to Iran under the Military Assistance Program 7 September 1961, where she served as IIS Sohrab (ARL-11). She was sunk as a target in 1974.[1]
References
- JSTOR 44888102
- This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
- "LST-1145 / ARL-36 Gordius". Amphibious Photo Archive. Retrieved May 6, 2007.