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USS Numitor (ARL-17) underway, date and location unknown.
History
USS NumitorUnited States
Name
  • LST-954
  • Numitor
NamesakeNumitor
BuilderBethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts
Yard number3424[1]
Laid down19 September 1944
Launched18 October 1944
Commissioned3 April 1945
Decommissioned1 July 1947
Renamed14 August 1944
Stricken1 April 1960
Identification
  • Hull symbol: LST-954
  • Hull symbol: ARL-17
  • Code letters: NKFF
FateSold, and converted to a drydock
General characteristics [2]
Class and type
  • LST-542-class tank landing ship
  • Achelous-class repair ship
Displacement
  • 3,900 long tons (4,000 t) light
  • 4,100 long tons (4,200 t) full load
Length328 ft (100 m) oa
Beam50 ft (15 m)
Draft11 ft 2 in (3.40 m)
Installed power
  • 2 × 900 hp (670 kW) Electro-Motive Diesel 12-567A diesel engines
  • 1,800 shp (1,300 kW)
Propulsion
  • 1 × Falk main reduction gears
  • 2 × Propellers
Speed11.6 kn (21.5 km/h; 13.3 mph)
Complement22 officers, 233 enlisted men
Armament
  • 1 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber dual purpose gun
  • 2 × quad 40 mm (1.57 in) Bofors guns (with Mark 51 director)
  • 6 × twin 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannons

USS Numitor (ARL-17) was to be laid down as an LST-542-class tank landing ship but was instead laid down as one of 39 Achelous-class repair ships landing craft repair ships built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named for Numitor (in Roman mythology, King Numitor of Alba Longa, son of Procas, and the father of Rhea Silvia), she was the only US Naval vessel to bear the name.

  1. ^ Bethlehem-Hingham 2011.
  2. ^ Navsource 2013.

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