PENTHEUS ARL 20 - Revision history

GregCiesielski: updated the page and added 2 postmarks / 1 cover

2026-03-11T21:34:03Z

updated the page and added 2 postmarks / 1 cover

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	<ol>Achelous Class Landing Craft Repair Ship<br/>		<ol>Achelous Class Landing Craft Repair Ship<br/>
	Keel Laid September 29 1944<br/>		Keel Laid 29 September 1944 as '''LST-1115'''<br/>
	Launched December 22 1944 ~~as Tank Landing Ship (LST)~~<br/><br/>		Launched 22 December 1944<br/><br/>
	<li>'''USS LST-1115'''<br/>		<li>'''USS LST-1115'''<br/>
	Placed in Ferry Commission January 4 - February 6 1945<br/><br/>		Placed in Ferry Commission 4 January - 6 February 1945 for conversion<br/><br/>
	<li>'''USS PENTHEUS ARL-20'''<br/>		<li>'''USS PENTHEUS ARL-20'''<br/>
	Commissioned ~~Landing Craft Repair Ship (ARL)~~ June 7 1945~~<br/>~~		Commissioned 7 June 1945 - Decommissioned 20 April 1946<br/>
	Decommissioned April 20 1946~~<br/>~~		Struck from Naval Register 1 January 1960<br/><br/>
	~~Laid up in Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Florida Group<br/>~~<br/>		<li>'''SS SAN JUAN''' (Commercial Service)<br/>
	Struck from Naval Register January 1 1960<br/><br/>		Sold 13 June 1960 to Ships Inc. of Florida and renamed<br/><br/>
	<li>'''SAN JUAN''' (Commercial Service)<br/>
	Sold June 13 1960 to Ships Inc. of Florida and renamed<br/><br/>
	Fate unknown		Fate unknown
	</ol></td>		</ol></td>
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	<!-- [[Image:~~Name_Number_Crest~~.jpg\|thumb\|center\|~~125px~~]] -->		<!-- [[Image:Pentheus_ARL20_Crest.jpg\|thumb\|center\|150px]] -->
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	range for covers on that page.		range for covers on that page.
	<ol>		<ol>
	<li>[[USS PENTHEUS ARL-20_Covers_Page_1 \| Covers Page 1 ]]     (1946)</li>		<li>[[USS PENTHEUS ARL-20_Covers_Page_1 \| USS Pentheus ARL-20 Covers Page 1 ]]     (1946)</li>
	</ol>		</ol>
	<p> </p>		<p> </p>
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	Postmark<br/>Date</th>		Postmark<br/>Date</th>
	<th align="center" width="~~320~~">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Postmark Image</th>		<th align="center" width="350">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Postmark Image</th>
	<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Cover Image</th>		<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Cover Image</th>
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	Locy Type~~<br/>~~2#<br/><br/>(Br. #15893)		Locy Type 2#<br/><br/>(Br. #15893)
	</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">		</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
	1946-04-11		1946-04-11
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	[[Image:JonBurdett pentheus arl20 19460411 pm.jpg\|thumb\|center\|300px]]		[[Image:JonBurdett pentheus arl20 19460411 pm.jpg\|thumb\|center\|300px]]
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			<!-- POSTMARK ENTRY -->
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			<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
			Locy Type 9#<br/><br/>(Br. #15893)
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			1946-04-20
			</td><td align="center" width="350">
			[[Image:GregCiesielski_Pentheus_ARL20_19460420_1_Postmark.jpg\|thumb\|center\|200px]]
			</td><td align="center" width="120">
			[[Image:GregCiesielski_Pentheus_ARL20_19460420_1_Front.jpg\|thumb\|center\|100px]]
			</td></tr></table>
			From the Bob Govern collection.
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			<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
			<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
			Locy Type SL
			</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
			1946-04-20
			</td><td align="center" width="350">
			[[Image:GregCiesielski_Pentheus_ARL20_19460420_2_Postmark.jpg\|thumb\|center\|300px]]
			</td><td align="center" width="120">
			[[Image:GregCiesielski_Pentheus_ARL20_19460420_1_Front.jpg\|thumb\|center\|100px]]
			</td></tr></table>
			From the Bob Govern collection.
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	<p> </p>		<p> </p>
	<h3>Other Information</h3>		<h3>Other Information</h3>
	~~Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...<br/>~~		USS PENTHEUS earned the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal and the Philippines Liberation Medal during her Naval career.<br/><br/>
	American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal<br/><br/>		'''NAMESAKE''' - A king of Thebes, according to Greek legend.
	'''NAMESAKE''' - A king of Thebes, according to Greek legend

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JonBurdett: added 1 cover

2011-06-13T23:51:44Z

added 1 cover

New page

<h3>Ship Name and Designation History</h3>
This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during
its lifetime.
The list is in chronological order.
<table width="90%">
<tr>
<td valign="top">
<ol>Achelous Class Landing Craft Repair Ship<br/>
Keel Laid September 29 1944<br/>
Launched December 22 1944 as Tank Landing Ship (LST)<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS LST-1115'''<br/>
Placed in Ferry Commission January 4 - February 6 1945<br/><br/>
<li>'''USS PENTHEUS ARL-20'''<br/>
Commissioned Landing Craft Repair Ship (ARL) June 7 1945<br/>
Decommissioned April 20 1946<br/>
Laid up in Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Florida Group<br/><br/>
Struck from Naval Register January 1 1960<br/><br/>
<li>'''SAN JUAN''' (Commercial Service)<br/>
Sold June 13 1960 to Ships Inc. of Florida and renamed<br/><br/>
Fate unknown
</ol></td>
<td align="center" width="220" valign="top">

</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p> </p>

<h3>Naval Covers</h3>
This section lists active links to the pages displaying covers associated with the
ship. There should be a separate set of pages for each name of the ship (for
example, Bushnell AG-32 / Sumner AGS-5 are different names for the same
ship so there should be one set of pages for Bushnell and one set for Sumner).
Covers should be presented in chronological order (or as best as can be determined).

Since a ship may have many covers, they may be split among many pages so it doesn't
take forever for the pages to load. Each page link should be accompanied by a date
range for covers on that page.
<ol>
<li>[[USS PENTHEUS ARL-20_Covers_Page_1 | Covers Page 1 ]]     (1946)</li>
</ol>
<p> </p>

<h3>Postmarks</h3>
This section lists examples of the postmarks used by the ship. There should be a
separate set of postmarks for each name and/or commissioning period. Within each set,
the postmarks should be listed in order of their classification type. If more than one
postmark has the same classification, then they should be further sorted by date of
earliest known usage.

A postmark should not be included unless accompanied by a close-up image and/or an
image of a cover showing that postmark. Date ranges MUST be based ONLY ON COVERS IN
THE MUSEUM and are expected to change as more covers are added.
<br/> <br/>
>>> If you have a better example for any of the postmarks, please feel free to replace the
existing example.



<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="0" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><th align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Postmark Type<br/>---<br/>Killer Bar Text
</th><th align="center" valign="center" width="100">
Postmark<br/>Date</th>
<th align="center" width="320">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Postmark Image</th>
<th align="center" width="120">Thumbnail Link To<br/>Cover Image</th>
</tr></table>




<br/> <br/><table width="95%" border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0">
<tr><td align="center" valign="center" width="140">
Locy Type<br/>2#<br/><br/>(Br. #15893)
</td><td align="center" valign="center" width="100">
1946-04-11
</td><td align="center" width="320">
[[Image:JonBurdett pentheus arl20 19460411 pm.jpg|thumb|center|300px]]
</td><td align="center" width="120">
[[Image:JonBurdett pentheus arl20 19460411.JPG|thumb|center|100px]]
</td></tr></table>
Note:


<p> </p>
<h3>Other Information</h3>
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons...<br/>
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal<br/><br/>
'''NAMESAKE''' - A king of Thebes, according to Greek legend




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