.jpg) USS Megara
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| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Fabius class |
| Builders | American Bridge Co. |
| Operators | |
| Preceded by | Aventinus class |
| Built | 1945 |
| In commission | 1945–1956 |
| Planned | 2 |
| Completed | 2 |
| Retired | 2 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Aircraft repair ship |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 328 ft (100 m) |
| Beam | 50 ft (15 m) |
| Draft | 11 ft 2 in (3.40 m) |
| Installed power | 1,800 hp (1,342 kW) |
| Propulsion |
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| Speed | 11.6 knots (21.5 km/h; 13.3 mph) |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 2 × LCVPs |
| Troops | 16 officers, 147 enlisted men |
| Complement | 20 officers, 225–240 enlisted men |
| Armament |
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The Fabius-class aircraft repair ship was a class of repair ships that were operated by the United States Navy during World War II.
Design
Main article: LST-542-class tank landing shipFabius-class was a ship class consisting of two modified LST-542-class tank landing ships, where they serve as aircraft repair ships in late 1945. They have the same hull measurements with changes taken place on their armaments and displacements, alongside a workshop to carry out their role. Only LST-1093 (Fabius) and LST-1095 (Megara) were chosen to be modified and redesignated ARVA, with "A" standing for "Aircraft".
Both ships survived the war and were mothballed for a short while, before Fabius was reactivated amid the Korean War in the 1950s. Mexico bought Megara and renamed her to ARM General Vincente Guerrero (A-05).
Ships in the class
| Hull no. | Name | Callsign | Builder | Laid Down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Fate |
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| ARVA-5 | Fabius | NIRI | American Bridge Co. | 8 January 1945 | 11 April 1945 | 7 June 1945 | 4 April 1952 | Stricken, fate unknown |
| ARVA-6 | Megara | NIRK | 22 January 1945 | 25 April 1945 | 27 June 1945 | 16 January 1956 | Transferred to Mexico and renamed ARM General Vincente Guerrero (A-05), 1973 |
See also
References
- ^ "Fabius (ARVA-5) Class". www.shipscribe.com. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- ^ "Aircraft Repair Ship Photo Index (ARV)". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
- Aviation Ships, Chapter 26 (PDF). Naval History and Historical Command. p. 356.
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