USS Numitor

	USS Numitor (ARL-17) underway, date and location unknown.
History
United States
Name	LST-954; Numitor;
Namesake	Numitor
Builder	Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts
Yard number	3424
Laid down	19 September 1944
Launched	18 October 1944
Commissioned	3 April 1945
Decommissioned	1 July 1947
Renamed	14 August 1944
Stricken	1 April 1960
Identification	Hull symbol: LST-954; Hull symbol: ARL-17; Code letters: NKFF; ;
Fate	Sold, and converted to a drydock
General characteristics
Class and type	LST-542-class tank landing ship; Achelous-class repair ship;
Displacement	3,900 long tons (4,000 t) light; 4,100 long tons (4,200 t) full load;
Length	328 ft (100 m) oa
Beam	50 ft (15 m)
Draft	11 ft 2 in (3.40 m)
Installed power	2 × 900 hp (670 kW) Electro-Motive Diesel 12-567A diesel engines; 1,800 shp (1,300 kW);
Propulsion	1 × Falk main reduction gears; 2 × Propellers;
Speed	11.6 kn (21.5 km/h; 13.3 mph)
Complement	22 officers, 233 enlisted men
Armament	1 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber dual purpose gun; 2 × quad 40 mm (1.57 in) Bofors guns (with Mark 51 director); 6 × twin 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannons;

USS Numitor (ARL-17) was to be laid down as an LST-542-class tank landing ship but was instead laid down as one of 39 Achelous-class repair ships landing craft repair ships built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named for Numitor (in Roman mythology, King Numitor of Alba Longa, son of Procas, and the father of Rhea Silvia), she was the only US Naval vessel to bear the name.

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