USS Stentor

USS Stentor (ARL-26)
History
United States
Name
  • LST-858
  • Stentor
NamesakeStentor
BuilderChicago Bridge & Iron Company, Seneca, Illinois
Laid down21 September 1944
Launched11 November 1944
Commissioned22 December 1944
Decommissioned9 January 1945
Recommissioned28 April 1945
DecommissionedDecember 1947
Stricken1 July 1960
FateSold for scrap, 23 January 1961
General characteristics
Displacement
Length328 ft 0 in (100.0 m)
Beam50 ft 0 in (15.2 m)
Draft11 ft 2 in (3.4 m)
PropulsionTwo General Motors 12-567 diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders
Speed12 knots (22 km/h)
Complement255 officers and enlisted men
Armament
  • Two quad 40 mm AA gun mounts w/Mk-51 directors,
  • two twin 40 mm AA gun mounts w/Mk-51 directors,
  • six twin 20 mm AA gun mounts

USS Stentor (ARL-26) was one of 39 Achelous-class landing craft repair ships built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named for Stentor (a Greek herald in the Trojan War noted for his loud, "stentorian" voice), she was the only U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name.

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