TYPHON ARL 28

Ship Name and Designation History

This section lists the names and designations that the ship had during its lifetime. The list is in chronological order.

Achelous Class Landing Craft Repair Ship Authorized as LST-1118 Redesignated 14 August 1944 Keel Laid 17 October 1944 - Launched 5 January 1945 USS TYPHON ARL-28 Placed in Ferry Commission 18 January - 16 February 1945 Commissioned (Full) 18 June 1945 - Decommissioned 7 August 1947 Laid up in reserve at San Diego, CA Struck from Naval Register 1 July 1960 Sold 23 February 1961 to Pacific Towboat & Salvage Co., Long Beach, CA., as the freight barge PT&S #28 Registered in 1988 by Healy Tibbitts Construction Co., San Francisco, CA. as freight barge HT-6 Final Disposition, fate unknown

Naval Covers

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1. USS Typhon ARL-28 Covers Page 1     (1946)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type --- Killer Bar Text	Postmark Date	Thumbnail Link To Postmark Image	Thumbnail Link To Cover Image

 

Locy Type 2# (Br. #15837)

1946-05-24

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Locy Type LDPS 2# (Br. #15837)

1947-04-07

Cacheted Last Day of Postal Service. From the Bob Govern collection.

 

Other Information

USS TYPHON earned the China Service Medal, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, the World War II Victory Medal and the Navy Occupation Service Medal (w/ Asia clasp) during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - A character in Greek mythology. Typhon, the son of Tartarus and Gaea, was a giant who dared to make war on heaven. For this offense, the angry Jupiter hurled him to earth and buried him beneath Mt. Etna.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. F. E. Kitteredge.

 

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