USS Telamon

	USS Telamon (ARB-8), circa 1946
History
United States
Name	LST-976; Telamon;
Namesake	Telamon
Builder	Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard, Hingham, Massachusetts
Yard number	3446
Laid down	5 December 1944
Launched	10 January 1945
Commissioned	5 February 1945, partial commission; 1 June 1945, full commission;
Decommissioned	11 September 1945
Recommissioned	1946
Decommissioned	20 May 1947
Stricken	1 June 1973
Identification	Hull symbol: LST-976; Hull symbol: ARB-8; Code letters: NJLV; ;
Fate	Sold for scrapping, 1 March 1974
General characteristics
Class and type	LST-542-class tank landing ship; Aristaeus-class battle damage repair ship;
Displacement	1,781 long tons (1,810 t) light; 3,960 long tons (4,020 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	15 officers, 271 enlisted men
Armament	2 × quad 40 mm (1.57 in) Bofors guns; 8 × single 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannons;

USS Telamon (ARB-8) was planned as a United States Navy LST-542-class tank landing ship but was converted as one of twelve Aristaeus-class battle damage repair ships built for the Navy during World War II. Named for Telamon (in Greek mythology, son of the King Aeacus, who accompanied Jason as one of his Argonauts), she was the only US Naval vessel to bear the name.

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