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U.S.S. DIOMEDES

(ARB-11)


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ARB-11 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
OCT1944-Keel Date: 19 OCT 1944
at Bethlehem Steel Company Hingham MA
JAN1945-Commissioned: 23 JAN 1945
JAN1945-Launch Date: 11 JAN 1945
FEB1945-Decommissioned: 21 FEB 1945

ARB-11 General Specifications

Class: Aristaeus-class repair ship

Named for: Diomedes

Complement: 260 Officers and Enlisted

Displacement: 1781 tons

Length: 328 feet

Beam: 50 feet

Flank Speed: 12 knots

Final Disposition: Transferred to West Germany 7 June 1961