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U.S.S. MENELAUS

(ARL-13)

LUCKY 13

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ARL-13 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
NOV1944-Keel Date: 17 NOV 1944
at Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corporation
DEC1944-Launch Date: 20 DEC 1944
MAY1945-Commissioned: 29 MAY 1945
JUN1951-OCT1952Mediterranean
AUG1953-FEB1955Mediterranean
AUG1953-MAY1955Solant amity
SEP1953-JUL1955Mediterranean
SEP1954-DEC1956Underway for Tangiers
SEP1954-DEC1956Underway for Tangiers
SEP1955-Decommissioned: 5 SEP 1955

ARL-13 General Specifications

Class: Achelous class repair ship

Complement: 262 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 2125 tons

Length: 328 feet

Beam: 50 feet

Draft: 11 feet 2 in

Final Disposition: Sold 28 October 1960