Aventinus-class aircraft repair ship
![]() USS Chloris
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Class overview | |
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Name | Aventinus class |
Builders | American Bridge Co. |
Operators | |
Preceded by | Chourre class |
Succeeded by | Fabius class |
Built | 1945 |
In commission | 1945–1955 |
Planned | 2 |
Completed | 2 |
Retired | 2 |
General characteristics | |
Type | Aircraft 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) |
Installed power | 1,800 hp (1,342 kW) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 11.6 knots (21.5 km/h; 13.3 mph) |
Boats & landing craft carried | 2 × LCVPs |
Troops | 16 officers, 147 enlisted men |
Complement | 20 officers, 225–240 enlisted men |
Armament |
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The Aventinus-class aircraft repair ship was a class of repair ships that were operated by the United States Navy during World War II.[1]
Design
[edit]Aventinus-class was a ship class consisting of two modified LST-542-class tank landing ships, where they serve as aircraft repair ships in late 1945. They have the same hull measurements with changes taken place on their armaments and displacements, alongside a workshop to carry out their role. Only LST-1092 (Aventinus) and LST-1094 (Chloris) were chosen to be modified and redesignated ARVE, with "E" standing for aircraft "Engine".[1]
Both ships survived the war and were mothballed for a short while, before Aventinus was reactivated amid the Korean War in the 1950s. Chile bought Aventinus and renamed her to Aguila (ARV-135).[2]
Ships in the class
[edit]Hull no. | Name | Callsign | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
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ARVE-3 | Aventinus | NIQP | American Bridge Co. | 8 January 1945 | 24 March 1945 | 30 May 1945 | 4 April 1952 | Transferred to Chile and renamed Aguila (ARV-135), 1963[2] |
ARVE-4 | Chloris | NIQR | 17 January 1945 | 21 April 1945 | 19 June 1945 | 9 December 1955 | Sold to merchant service as MV Avlon, 1977[4] |
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Aventinus (ARVE-3) Class". www.shipscribe.com. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- ^ a b "Aircraft Repair Ship Photo Index (ARV)". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- ^ Aviation Ships, Chapter 26 (PDF). Naval History and Historical Command. p. 356.
- ^ "Aircraft Repair Ship Photo Index (ARV)". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 23 January 2022.