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USS Poseidon (ARL-12) Association
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USS Poseidon (ARL-12) Association
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This is a web site for the USS Poseidon (ARL-12), which was a landing
craft
repair ship during WWII. It's our hope that other shipmates, both enlisted
and officers, will respond so we can organize a first-ever REUNION.
We need your personal recollections and copies of any photos you
may have to complete the Ship's History.
Crew & Family Members CHECK IN
Visitors Please Sign Our GUEST BOOK
Officers
Photos and Enlisted Men - click here
Our ship was originally LST 1037, built in Boston during 1944. We
sailed
to Baltimore, where the LST was converted to a repair ship and renamed
USS Poseidon ARL-12. There were additional areas added to the main
deck for a carpenter shop, sheet metal storage, laundry, photo lab and
barber
shop. A large "A" frame and several other lifting rigs were installed on
the
main deck. The tank deck was converted into one huge machine shop.
At Okinawa, we repaired many ships that were damaged during the liberation
of Okinawa. Here are some basic facts from the Department of the
Navy.
ARL-12: dp. 4,100 (f.); 1.328'; b. 50'; dr. 14',s, 12k.' cpl. 253;
a. 8 40mm., 3 20mm; class - Achelour)
Poseidon (ARL-12) was laid down as LST-1037 by the Boston Navy Yard,
Boston, Mass., 10 July 1944; renamed Poseidon and reclassified ARL-12,
12 June 1944; launched 24 August 1944; sponsored by Mrs. Nora T. Twomey;
and placed in reduced commission 22 September 1944.
Following initial commissioning, Poseidon steamed south to Baltimore
where she decommissioned and completed conversion to a landing craft
repair ship. Commissioned in full 13 February 1945, she completed
shakedown in Chesapeake Bay and, assigned to ServRon 10, sailed for
Ulithi, thence, in early June, to Okinawa. There, at Kerama Retto and at
Buckner Bay, she repaired landing and patrol craft.
WAR CRUISE OF THE USS Poseidon (ARL-12)
DEPARTED......DATE..............ARRIVED........DATE
Boston.........9/27/44...Baltimore......9/29/44
Baltimore.....2/22/45...Norfolk.........2/23/45
Norfolk.........3/20/45...Panama........3/29/45
Panama........4/01/45...Pearl Harbor..4/23/45
Pearl Harbor.4/27/45...Eniwetok........5/10/45
Eniwetok.......5/13/45...Ulithi............5/19/45
Ulithi..........5/29/45...Kerama Retto...6/04/45
Kerama Retto..7/10/45...Okinawa.......7/10/45
Okinawa......ll/20/45....Pearl Harbor...12/08/45
Pearl Harbor 12/20/45...SanDiego......12/29/45
General Quarters - 38 times
Made smoke - 72 times between June 4 & Aug. 15, 1945
Beach parties at Kerama Retto
Typhoons
....July 19---21
....Aug. 1--- 3
....Sept.16---18
....Sept.29---Oct. 2
....Oct. 8---11
Ordered back to the United States after World War II for
inactivation, she decommissioned 30 November 1946 and was berthed
with the Columbia River Group of the Pacific Reserve Fleet. She remained
a unit of that group until struck from the Navy List 1 July 1961. She was
sold
3 November 1961 to the Marine Power and Equipment Co., Seattle, Wash."
Marine Power and Equipment Company later went bankrupt, and
we're still seeking final details of the ship's disposition.
Anyone having information about the ship and its crew, either officers or
enlisted men, or their families, please contact us.
This web site is maintained by shipmate
Bob Flaugher
for the U.S.S. Poseidon (ARL-12)
Association
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