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USS Creon
History
United States
Name	USSCreon
Builder	Boston Navy Yard
Launched	24 August 1944
Commissioned	28 November 1944
Decommissioned	8 June 1949
General characteristics
Class & type	Achelous classrepair ship
Displacement	1,781 long tons (1,810 t) light 3,960 long tons (4,024 t) full
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	2 × quad40 mm guns 2 × twin 40 mm guns 6 × twin20 mm guns
Service record
Operations	World War II
Awards	1battle star

USSCreon (ARL-11) was one of 39Achelous-classlanding craft repair ships built for theUnited States Navy duringWorld War II. Named forCreon (the name of twomythologicalGreek kings, a mythological son ofHeracles, and a historicalArchon ofAthens), she was the only U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name.

Originally laid down asLST-1036 the vessel was launched on 24 August 1944 by theBoston Navy Yard; sponsored by Mrs. M. A. Pratt; placed in partial commission on 16 September 1944; sailed toBaltimore, Maryland; decommissioned on 26 September 1944 for conversion; and commissioned in full as USSCreon (ARL-11) on 27 January 1945.

ClearingNorfolk, Virginia 4 March 1945Creon arrived atBiak,Shouten Islands 4 May. Moving toMorotai the next day, she conducted amphibious training exercises, and on 1 July took part in the invasion ofBalikpapan. She served offBorneo until arriving atSubic Bay 1 August to repairlanding craft there until 18 December.

After loading cargo atGuam,Creon arrived atPearl Harbor for overhaul 22 January 1946. Assigned to the service group for "Operation Crossroads," theatomic weapons tests in theMarshall Islands,Creon arrived atKwajalein 19 March 1946 and operated there and at the test site until 10 September when she departed for overhaul atSan Pedro, California. She served as a repair ship forLSMs and LSM(R)s atSan Diego from 15 December 1946 until 27 September 1948.

Following an overhaul atLong Beach Naval Shipyard,Creon put out from San Diego 10 January 1949 forKodiak, Alaska to participate in a large-scale cold-weather exercise.Creon returned to San Diego 4 March and there was placed out of commission in reserve 8 June 1949. Struck from theNaval Vessel Register (date unknown), her final fate is unknown.

Creon received onebattle star for World War II service.

•  This article incorporates text from thepublic domainDictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be foundhere.
• "LST-1036 / ARL-11Creon".NavSource. Retrieved26 April 2007.

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