USS Quirinus
| History | |
|---|---|
| United States | |
| Name | Quirinus |
| Builder | Chicago Bridge & Iron Company |
| Laid down | 3 March 1945 |
| Launched | 4 June 1945 |
| Commissioned | 15 June 1945 |
| Decommissioned | 27 March 1947 |
| Fate | Transferred to Venezuela, June 1962 |
| Venezuela | |
| Name | Guayana (T-18) |
| Acquired | June 1962 |
| Out of service | 1970 |
| Fate | Scuttled. Used as a target ship |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Achelous-class repair ship |
| Displacement | 4,100 long tons (4,166 t) |
| Length | 328 ft (100 m) |
| Beam | 50 ft (15 m) |
| Draft | 14 ft (4.3 m) |
| Speed | 12 knots (14 mph; 22 km/h) |
| Complement | 253 officers and enlisted men |
| Armament | |
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USS Quirinus (ARL-39), originally LST-1151, was one of 39 Achelous-class landing craft repair ships built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named for Quirinus (in Roman mythology, an early god of the Roman state, identified with Romulus), she was the only U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name.