USS Minos
Minos underway, circa in the late 1940s | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | USS Minos |
| Builder | Chicago Bridge & Iron Company |
| Launched | 15 September 1944 |
| Commissioned | 26 September 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 18 June 1946 |
| Recommissioned | 22 September 1950 |
| Decommissioned | 19 August 1955 |
| Stricken | 1 January 1960 |
| Fate | Sold for scrapping, 18 October 1960 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & 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 | 255 officers and enlisted men |
| Armament | |
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USS Minos (ARL-14) was one of 39 Achelous-class landing craft repair ships built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named for Minos (in Greek mythology, a son of Zeus and Europa, who was a king and lawgiver of Crete), she was the only U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name.
Originally laid down as LST-644 by the Chicago Bridge & Iron Company of Seneca, Illinois; launched 15 September 1944; sponsored by Miss Ruth D. Rix; redesignated USS Minos (ARL 14) effective 14 August 1944; and commissioned 26 September 1944 at New Orleans, Louisiana.