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USS Quirinus (ARL-39)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

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American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

USS Quirinus (ARL-39) was transferred to Venezuela and renamed ARV Guayana (T-18)
Achelous Class Landing Craft Repair Ship:
  • Laid down, 3 March 1945, as LST-1151 at Chicago Bridge and Iron Co., Seneca, IL.
  • Launched 4 June 1945
  • Placed in reduced commission, 15 June 1945, as USS Quirinus, LCDR. John B. Darrow USN in command, for transit to Bethlehem Steel Co., Key Highway Plant, Baltimore, MD. for conversion to a Landing Craft Repair Ship
  • Decommissioned, 10 July 1945
  • Recommissioned USS Quirinus (ARL-39), 6 November 1945, LCDR. John B. Darrow USN in command
  • Decommissioned, 27 June 1947, at Green Cove Springs, FL.
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Green Cove Springs, FL.
  • Loaned to Venezuela in 1962 under the Military Assistance Program, renamed ARV Guayana (T-18)
  • Sold to Venezuela, under the Security Assistance Program, 2 December 1977
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 3,900 t.(lt) 4,100 t.(fl)
    Length 328'
    Beam 50'
    Draft 11' 2" (lim)
    Speed 11.6 kts.
    Largest Boom Capacity 60 t.
    Complement
    Officers 22
    Enlisted 233
    Armament
    one single 3"/50 cal. dual purpose gun mount
    two quad 40mm AA gun mounts w/Mk. 51 directors
    six twin 20 mm AA gun mounts
    Fuel Capacity
    Diesel 4,715 Bbls
    Propulsion
    two General Motors 12-567A Diesel engines
    single Falk Main Reduction Gears
    Ship's Service Generators
    three Diesel-drive 100Kw 120V/240V D.C.
    two Diesel-drive 100Kw 450V A.C.
    two propellers, 1,800shp
    twin rudders
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    USS Quirinus (ARL-39)
    Quirinus
    10193904    		 126k USS Quirinus (ARL-39) at anchor in Hampton Roads, VA., 20 November 1945.
    US National Archives photo # 80-G-359371, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archvies.    		 Rick Davis
    Quirinus 90k USS Quirinus (ARL-39) under way, date and location unknown. US Navy photo. David Buell for his father CWO4 Benton, E. Buell USN Ret.
    ARV Guayana (T-18)
    Quirinus 69k Ex-USS Quirinus (ARL-39) in Venezuelan naval service as ARV Guayana (T-18). Robert Hurst
    Quirinus 103k ARV Guayana (T-18) under way, circa 1970 and location unknown.
    Official Venezuelan Navy photo.,    		 Robert Hurst
    USS Quirinus (ARL-39)
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Commanding Officers
    01LCDR. Darrow, John Brown, USN15 June 1945 - 10 July 1945
     Decommissioned10 July 1945 - 6 November 1945
    01LCDR. Darrow, John Brown, USN6 November 1945 - December 1945
    02LT. Villella, William, USNDecember 1945 - March 1946
    03CDR. Nicholson, Richard Philip, USNMarch 1946 - 27 June 1947
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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