U.S. Navy
Landing Craft Repair Ships (ARL)
Early Conversions (1943–1944)
ARL-1 to ARL-24 · First wave LST conversions
The first Landing Craft Repair Ships were converted from LST hulls beginning in 1943. Equipped with machine shops, foundries, and repair facilities, they provided mobile repair capability for landing craft damaged during amphibious assaults across the Pacific and European theaters.
ARL-1 USS Achelous
Landing Craft Repair Ship
PACIFIC
Converted from LST-10
ARL
1943
Commissioned
4,100
Tons
3
Battle Stars
Lead ship of the class, named for the Greek river god. Converted from LST-10, she was the first purpose-built landing craft repair ship. Served at Guadalcanal, the Marshalls, Marianas, and Okinawa - repairing hundreds of damaged landing craft across the Pacific campaign.
ARL-3 USS Agenor
Landing Craft Repair Ship
PACIFIC
Converted from LST-490
ARL
1944
Commissioned
4,100
Tons
2
Battle Stars
Named for the Phoenician king and father of Europa. Repaired landing craft at Leyte and Lingayen Gulf during the Philippines liberation campaign.
ARL-4 USS Adonis
Landing Craft Repair Ship
PACIFIC
Converted from LST-455
ARL
1943
Commissioned
4,100
Tons
2
Battle Stars
Named for the Greek god of beauty and desire. Provided landing craft repair services across the Western Pacific from New Guinea to the Philippines.
ARL-7 USS Atlas
Landing Craft Repair Ship
PACIFIC
Converted from LST-229
ARL
1943
Commissioned
4,100
Tons
4
Battle Stars
Named for the Titan condemned to hold up the sky. Served at Tarawa, Kwajalein, Saipan, and Leyte - one of the most decorated ARLs in the fleet.
ARL-8 USS Egeria
Landing Craft Repair Ship
PACIFIC
Converted from LST-136
ARL
1944
Commissioned
4,100
Tons
3
Battle Stars
Named for the Roman nymph who counseled King Numa. Repaired landing craft at Hollandia, Leyte, and Lingayen Gulf during major Pacific amphibious operations.
ARL-9 USS Endymion
Landing Craft Repair Ship
PACIFIC
Converted from LST-513
ARL
1944
Commissioned
4,100
Tons
2
Battle Stars
Named for the shepherd beloved by the moon goddess Selene. Provided repair services in the Philippines and at Okinawa during the final push toward Japan.
ARL-10 USS Coronis
Landing Craft Repair Ship
PACIFIC
Converted from LST-508
ARL
1944
Commissioned
4,100
Tons
1
Battle Stars
Named for the Thessalian princess and mother of Asclepius, god of medicine. Served in the Western Pacific repairing damaged landing craft at forward anchorages.
ARL-11 USS Creon
Landing Craft Repair Ship
PACIFIC
Converted from LST-535
ARL
1944
Commissioned
4,100
Tons
1
Battle Stars
Named for the king of Thebes from Greek tragedy. Repaired landing craft in the Philippines and supported operations at Leyte Gulf.
ARL-12 USS Poseidon
Landing Craft Repair Ship
PACIFIC
Converted from LST-547
ARL
1944
Commissioned
4,100
Tons
2
Battle Stars
Named for the Greek god of the sea. Fitting name for a ship that kept the amphibious fleet seaworthy across the Pacific campaign.
ARL-13 USS Menelaus
Landing Craft Repair Ship
PACIFIC
Converted from LST-549
ARL
1944
Commissioned
4,100
Tons
2
Battle Stars
Named for the Spartan king whose wife Helen sparked the Trojan War. Repaired landing craft at Manus, Leyte, and Okinawa.
ARL-14 USS Minos
Landing Craft Repair Ship
PACIFIC
Converted from LST-550
ARL
1944
Commissioned
4,100
Tons
1
Battle Stars
Named for the legendary king of Crete who commanded the Labyrinth. Served in the Western Pacific providing landing craft repair at forward bases.
ARL-15 USS Minotaur
Landing Craft Repair Ship
PACIFIC
Converted from LST-551
ARL
1944
Commissioned
4,100
Tons
1
Battle Stars
Named for the half-bull, half-man creature of the Cretan Labyrinth. Repaired landing craft in the Philippines and supported Okinawa operations.
ARL-16 USS Myrmidon
Landing Craft Repair Ship
PACIFIC
Converted from LST-552
ARL
1944
Commissioned
4,100
Tons
1
Battle Stars
Named for the legendary warriors who followed Achilles to Troy. Provided mobile repair services for amphibious craft in the Pacific theater.
ARL-17 USS Numitor
Landing Craft Repair Ship
PACIFIC
Converted from LST-553
ARL
1944
Commissioned
4,100
Tons
1
Battle Stars
Named for the grandfather of Romulus and Remus, founders of Rome. Served in the Philippines campaign repairing landing craft at forward anchorages.
ARL-18 USS Pandemus
Landing Craft Repair Ship
PACIFIC
Converted from LST-554
ARL
1944
Commissioned
4,100
Tons
1
Battle Stars
Named for the son of Priam in the Iliad. Provided landing craft repair capability at Pacific forward bases during the island-hopping campaign.
ARL-19 USS Patroclus
Landing Craft Repair Ship
PACIFIC
Converted from LST-955
ARL
1944
Commissioned
4,100
Tons
1
Battle Stars
Named for Achilles' beloved companion whose death drove the Greeks' greatest warrior back to battle. Served in the Pacific repairing landing craft.
ARL-20 USS Pentheus
Landing Craft Repair Ship
PACIFIC
Converted from LST-962
ARL
1944
Commissioned
4,100
Tons
1
Battle Stars
Named for the king of Thebes torn apart for spying on the rites of Dionysus. Provided repair services in the Philippines campaign.
ARL-21 USS Proserpine
Landing Craft Repair Ship
PACIFIC
Converted from LST-964
ARL
1944
Commissioned
4,100
Tons
1
Battle Stars
Named for the Roman queen of the underworld, abducted by Pluto. Served at forward Pacific bases repairing damaged landing craft during amphibious campaigns.
ARL-22 USS Romulus
Landing Craft Repair Ship
PACIFIC
Converted from LST-966
ARL
1944
Commissioned
4,100
Tons
0
Battle Stars
Named for the legendary founder and first king of Rome. Served in the Pacific during the closing stages of the war and in post-war occupation duty.
ARL-23 USS Satyr
Landing Craft Repair Ship
PACIFIC
Converted from LST-852
ARL
1944
Commissioned
4,100
Tons
2
Battle Stars
Named for the woodland spirits of Greek mythology. Provided landing craft repair services at Leyte and Okinawa during major amphibious operations.
ARL-24 USS Sphinx
Landing Craft Repair Ship
PACIFIC
Converted from LST-963
ARL
1944
Commissioned
4,100
Tons
1
Battle Stars
Named for the mythical creature that posed riddles to travelers at Thebes. Served in the Pacific providing landing craft repair support at forward anchorages.
Late Conversions (1944–1945)
ARL-26 to ARL-41 · Second wave and Vietnam-era service
The second wave of ARL conversions included ships that saw service not only in World War II but also in the Korean and Vietnam Wars. Several were reactivated for riverine warfare in the Mekong Delta, providing repair support to brown-water navy patrol craft.
ARL-26 USS Stentor
Landing Craft Repair Ship
PACIFIC
Converted from LST-971
ARL
1945
Commissioned
4,100
Tons
0
Battle Stars
Named for the Greek herald whose voice was as loud as fifty men. Commissioned late in the war and served during occupation operations in the Pacific.
ARL-27 USS Tantalus
Landing Craft Repair Ship
PACIFIC
Converted from LST-972
ARL
1945
Commissioned
4,100
Tons
0
Battle Stars
Named for the king cursed to eternal hunger and thirst in the underworld. Arrived in the Pacific after hostilities ceased and served in occupation duty.
ARL-28 USS Typhon
Landing Craft Repair Ship
PACIFIC
Converted from LST-973
ARL
1945
Commissioned
4,100
Tons
0
Battle Stars
Named for the monstrous storm giant who challenged Zeus for control of the cosmos. Served briefly in the Pacific before decommissioning after the war.
ARL-30 USS Askari
Landing Craft Repair Ship
VIETNAM
Converted from LST-1131
ARL
1945
Commissioned
4,100
Tons
6
Battle Stars
Named from the Arabic word for soldier. One of the most storied ARLs - reactivated for Vietnam, she served as repair ship for the Mobile Riverine Force in the Mekong Delta from 1967 to 1969, keeping brown-water patrol boats in the fight.
ARL-31 USS Bellerophon
Landing Craft Repair Ship
PACIFIC
Converted from LST-1132
ARL
1945
Commissioned
4,100
Tons
0
Battle Stars
Named for the Greek hero who tamed Pegasus and slew the Chimera. Served in the Pacific during the closing months of the war and occupation period.
ARL-32 USS Bellona
Landing Craft Repair Ship
PACIFIC
Converted from LST-1133
ARL
1945
Commissioned
4,100
Tons
0
Battle Stars
Named for the Roman goddess of war. Commissioned near the end of hostilities and served during occupation operations before being placed in reserve.
ARL-33 USS Chimaera
Landing Craft Repair Ship
PACIFIC
Converted from LST-1134
ARL
1945
Commissioned
4,100
Tons
0
Battle Stars
Named for the fire-breathing monster with a lion's head, goat's body, and serpent's tail. Arrived in the Pacific too late for combat operations.
ARL-35 USS Daedalus
Landing Craft Repair Ship
PACIFIC
Converted from LST-1138
ARL
1945
Commissioned
4,100
Tons
0
Battle Stars
Named for the master craftsman who built the Labyrinth and fashioned wings of wax. A fitting namesake for a ship whose mission was to build and repair.
ARL-36 USS Gordius
Landing Craft Repair Ship
PACIFIC
Converted from LST-1139
ARL
1945
Commissioned
4,100
Tons
0
Battle Stars
Named for the Phrygian king famous for the Gordian Knot. Served in the Pacific during occupation operations following the Japanese surrender.
ARL-37 USS Indra
Landing Craft Repair Ship
VIETNAM
Converted from LST-1147
ARL
1945
Commissioned
4,100
Tons
4
Battle Stars
Named for the Hindu king of the gods. Reactivated for Vietnam in 1965, she served as a repair ship for river patrol boats and swift boats in the Mekong Delta through 1970.
ARL-38 USS Krishna
Landing Craft Repair Ship
VIETNAM
Converted from LST-1149
ARL
1945
Commissioned
4,100
Tons
3
Battle Stars
Named for the Hindu deity. Reactivated for Vietnam, she supported riverine operations in the Mekong Delta, repairing PBRs and other brown-water craft under frequent enemy fire.
ARL-39 USS Quirinus
Landing Craft Repair Ship
PACIFIC
Converted from LST-1151
ARL
1945
Commissioned
4,100
Tons
0
Battle Stars
Named for the deified Romulus, patron god of the Roman state. Served briefly in the Pacific after the war before being placed in reserve.
ARL-40 USS Remus
Landing Craft Repair Ship
PACIFIC
Converted from LST-1152
ARL
1945
Commissioned
4,100
Tons
0
Battle Stars
Named for the twin brother of Romulus, slain at the founding of Rome. Arrived in the Pacific after the Japanese surrender and served during occupation duty.
ARL-41 USS Achilles
Landing Craft Repair Ship
PACIFIC
Converted from LST-10 (2nd)
ARL
1945
Commissioned
4,100
Tons
0
Battle Stars
Named for the greatest warrior of the Trojan War, invulnerable save for his heel. The last ARL completed, she served briefly before decommissioning as the fleet drew down after the war.
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