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U.S.S. ATLAS
(ARL-7)Click to view crew list
ARL-7 Deployments - Major Events
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| Month | Year | to | Month | Year | Deployment / Event |
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| JUN | 1943 | - | Keel Date: 3 JUN 1943 at Chicago Bridge & Iron Company | ||
| OCT | 1943 | - | Launch Date: 19 OCT 1943 | ||
| NOV | 1943 | - | Commissioned: 15 NOV 1943 | ||
| JUN | 1944 | - | APR | 1945 | D-Day, Normandy, France - English Channel Operations |
| NOV | 1951 | - | OCT | 1952 | Korean War Service - Yokosuka/Sasebo, Japan & Okinawa |
| AUG | 1954 | - | SEP | 1954 | Operation Passage to Freedom, Haipong, Indochina (North Vietnam) |
| APR | 1956 | - | Decommissioned: 13 APR 1956 | ||
ARL-7 General Specifications
Class: Achelous class repair ship
Complement: 255 Officers and Enlisted
Displacement: 1781 tons
Length: 328 feet
Beam: 50 feet
Draft: 11 feet 2 in
Final Disposition: Sold for scrapping 18 September 1973