PHAON ARB 3

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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.

    Aristaeus Class Battle Damage Repair Ship
    Keel Laid 17 September 1942 as Tank Landing Ship LST-15
    Reclassified 25 January 1943 as Battle Damage Repair Ship (ARB)
    Launched 30 January 1943

  1. USS PHAON ARB-3
    Commissioned 5 August 1943
    Used in Atomic Bomb Tests at Bikini Atoll 1946
    Decommissioned January 1947
    Laid up in Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group

    Struck from Naval Register 1 July 1961
    Sold 8 July 1962 for scrap.

Naval Covers

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  1. USS Phaon ARB-3 Covers Page 1     (1946)

 

Postmarks

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Postmark Type
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Killer Bar Text

Postmark
Date
Thumbnail Link To
Postmark Image
Thumbnail Link To
Cover Image


 

Locy Type
2z*

1946-07-01

Date of postmark is the first A-Bomb test (ABLE) at the Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands.


 

Locy Type
9efu

1946-07-01

Date of postmark is the first A-Bomb test (ABLE) at the Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands.


 

Locy Type SL

1946-07-01

Example of the ship's straight-line marking. Date of postmarks is the first A-Bomb test (ABLE) at the Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands. From the Tom Kean collection.

 

Other Information

USS PHAON earned the Combat Action Ribbon, the American Campaign Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal w/ 3 Battle stars and the World War II Victory Medal during her Naval career.

NAMESAKE - A mythical boatman at Mitylene, who carried Aphrodite across the sea without accepting payment for which she gave him youth and beauty.

The ships sponsor was Mrs. Marion D. Calabreeze.

 


 

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