_at_the_Western_Pipe_and_Steel_Company%2c_San_Francisco%2c_California_(USA)%2c_circa_in_1945.jpg) USSCoronis pierside at Western Pipe and Steel Company,San Francisco, California | |
| History | |
|---|---|
 United States | |
| Name | USSLST-1003 |
| Builder | Boston Navy Yard |
| Launched | 8 June 1944 |
| Commissioned | 29 June 1944 (partial) |
| United States | |
| Name | USSCoronis (ARL-10) |
| Namesake | Coronis |
| Commissioned | 28 November 1944 |
| Decommissioned | 29 July 1946 |
| Reclassified | 12 June 1944 |
| Identification | IMO number: 6701345 |
| Fate | Scrapped, 2022 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type | Achelous-classrepair 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 Motors12-567diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders |
| Speed | 12knots (14 mph; 22 km/h) |
| Complement | 255 officers and enlisted men |
| Armament | |
| Service record | |
| Operations | World War II |
| Awards | 1battle star |
USSCoronis (ARL-10) was one of 39Achelous-classrepair shiplanding craft built for theUnited States Navy duringWorld War II. Named forCoronis (one of several characters inGreek mythology, including themother ofAsclepius, god of medicine and healing), she was the only US Naval vessel to bear the name.
Originally laid down asUSSLST-1003, anLST-542-classtank landing ship, she was launched 8 June 1944 by theBoston Navy Yard and sponsored by Mrs. V. M. Rines. Renamed and reclassified USSCoronis (ARL-10) on 12 June 1944 she was placed in partial commission 29 June 1944 and sailed toBaltimore, Maryland for conversion to a landing craft repair ship.Coronis was commissioned in full 28 November 1944.[1]
DepartingNorfolk, Virginia 4 January 1945Coronis arrived atPurvis Bay, in theSolomon Islands to repair battle-damaged landing craft in preparation for the invasion ofOkinawa. Arriving atUlithi, the staging area, on 24 March she joined the Service and Salvage Unit, and five days later sortied with them for Okinawa, arriving off the island 3 April. There she repaired landing craft and the smallerradar picket ships, and operated afog generator to give protective cover from air attack to ships lying in her area. On 18 JuneCoronis sailed forSaipan andGuam to load spare parts and supplies, and continued toSubic Bay, in thePhilippines, where she acted as repair ship for the training group preparing for the invasion ofJapan.[1]
Coronis received onebattle star for service during World War II.[1]
After the end of the War,Coronis returned to Okinawa 26 August to repair landing ships of the 5th Fleet. She also convertedUSS LST-494 into aminecraft tender. She arrived inWakayama Bay on 25 September to operate a boat pool, and service ships of the 5th Fleet carrying out occupation activities until 16 March 1946. After calling atShanghai, China she sailed forAstoria, Oregon, arriving 2 May.Coronis was placed out of commission in reserve atVancouver, Washington on 29 July 1946, and was struck from theNaval Vessel Register at an unknown date.[1]
Coronis was sold for commercial service in 1965 forCanadian Pacific Railways'sBritish Columbia Coast Steamships. In 1966 theCoronis was converted into aROROferry with four sets of tracks[2] and renamed MVTrailer Princess. She carried rail cars and semi-trailers betweenVancouver Island and downtownVancouver,British Columbia until her retirement in 1986.[3][4]
In 1986 she was sold to Helifor Industries Ltd. ofVancouver, British Columbia.[5] In 2003Trailer Princess was converted into an unpowered barge outfitted with a helicopter landing pad and refueling stations and used as a logging camp support platform.[2][6]
On 14 February 2022 a helicopter pilot reported theTrailer Princess to be listing. She later sank in Duncan Bay north ofCampbell River, British Columbia. That year, theCanadian Coast Guard, working with theCampbell River First Nation (Wei Wai Kum), placedcontainment booms and absorbent materials around the vessel to prevent the release of fuels into the surrounding waters. The Canadian Coast Guard hired AMIX/Marine Recycling Corporation to remove the remaining fuels on board and re-float the barge in preparation for removal and scrapping. The cleanup and removal effort cost $4.7-million Canadian dollars.[2][6]
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