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-classrepair 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	12knots (14 mph; 22 km/h)
Complement	253 officers and enlisted men
Armament	8 ×40 mm 8 ×20 mm

USSQuirinus (ARL-39), originallyLST-1151, was one of 39Achelous-classlanding craft repair ships built for theUnited States Navy duringWorld War II. Named forQuirinus (inRoman mythology, an early god of the Roman state, identified withRomulus), she was the only U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name.

LST-1151 was laid down 3 March 1945 by the Chicago Bridge and Iron Company ofSeneca, Illinois. The ship was then launched 4 June 1945 and placed in reduced commission 15 June 1945. Following initial commissioning,Quirinus steamed down theMississippi River toNew Orleans, then proceeded toBaltimore where she decommissioned for the completion of conversion to a landing craft repair vessel. Commissioned in full 6 November 1945 she completed shakedown inChesapeake Bay and, on 23 January 1946 got underway for the Caribbean.

On the 29th, she reported to TU 29.6.1 atGuantanamo Bay, and remained there until she returned, briefly, to Norfolk in May. Reassigned to the 8th Fleet (TG 80.7), she anchored in Guantanamo Bay again 18 April. Abbreviated tours there and atTrinidad preceded her return to Norfolk 8 June. She operated as a unit of Boat Pool No. 4 until reporting for duty with the 2nd Task Fleet, 1 February 1947. For the next six weeks, she cruised in theCaribbean, returning toNorfolk, Virginia 15 March. In late June, she shifted toCharleston to begin inactivation.

Officially becoming a unit of the Florida Group, Atlantic Reserve Fleet on the 27th, she decommissioned and was berthed atGreen Cove Springs, Florida until June 1962. She was then transferred on loan, under the Military Assistance Program, to the government of Venezuela. RenamedGuayana (T-18), she served that country into 1970.

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