USS_Creon_(ARL-11)
USS Creon
Achelous-class landing craft repair ships
USS Creon (ARL-11) was one of 39 Achelous-class landing craft repair ships built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named for Creon (the name of two mythological Greek kings, a mythological son of Heracles, and a historical Archon of Athens), she was the only U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name.
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Originally laid down as LST-1036 the vessel was launched on 24 August 1944 by the Boston Navy Yard; sponsored by Mrs. M. A. Pratt; placed in partial commission on 16 September 1944; sailed to Baltimore, Maryland; decommissioned on 26 September 1944 for conversion; and commissioned in full as USS Creon (ARL-11) on 27 January 1945.