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USS Diomedes (ARB-11)
ex
 USS LST-1119 (1945)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Juliet - Mike - Papa
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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

USS Diomedes (ARB-11) was transferred to Germany and renamed AR Wotan (A513)
Aristaeus Class Battle Damage Repair Ship:
  • Laid down, 19 October 1944, at Chicago Bridge and Iron Co., Seneca. IL.
  • Launched, 11 January 1945
  • Commissioned USS LST-1119, 23 January 1945, LCDR. Charles M. Redding, USNR, in command
  • Decommissioned, 21 February 1945, at Maryland Dry Dock Co., Baltimore, MD. for conversion to a Battle Damage Repair Ship
  • Recommissioned, USS Diomedes (ARB-11), 23 June 1945, LCDR. Samuel H. P. Read, Jr., USNR, in command
  • During World War II USS Diomedes was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
  • Following World War II USS Diomedes was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

    Navy Occupation Service Medal
    China Service Medal (extended)
    24 September to 3 October 19454 October 1945 to 21 March 1946
  • Decommissioned, 3 December 1946, at Jacksonville, FL.
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet
  • Transferred in June 1961 to Germany, renamed AR Wotan (A513)
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 1,781 t.(lt) 3,960 t.(fl)
    Length 328'
    Beam 50'
    Draft 11' 2"
    Speed 11.6 kts.
    Complement
    Officers 15
    Enlisted 271
    Largest Boom Capacity 50 t.
    Armament
    two quad 40mm AA gun mounts
    eight single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Ship's Service Generators
    four 100Kw 120V/240V D.C.
    two 100Kw 450V A.C.
    Fuel Oil Capacity Diesel 4,480 Bbls
    Propulsion
    two General Motors 12-567A Diesel engines
    single Falk Main Reduction Gears
    two propellers, 1800shp
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    Diomedes 331k USS Diomedes (ARB-11) at anchor, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo from the collections of the US Naval Memorial.    		 Stan Svec
    Diomedes 114k USS Diomedes (ARB-11) under way near Baltimore, MD., 24 June 1945 after completion of conversion to a Battle Damage Repair Ship.
    US National Archives photo # 19-N-85764, a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 Robert Hurst
    Diomedes 26k USS Diomedes (ARB-11) gunnery practice, date and location unknown. Sandy Feldkamp for her father Harley N. Wiatt, S1/c USNR USS Diomedes
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    Diomedes 106k USS Diomedes (ARB-11) commanding officer, LCDR. Samuel H. P. Read Jr. (left) with unidentified officers, dates and locations unknown. Sandy Feldkamp for her father Harley N. Wiatt, S1/c USNR USS Diomedes
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    Diomedes 49k USS Diomedes (ARB-11) at anchor in Hong Kong Harbor, 1 December 1945 Sandy Feldkamp for her father Harley N. Wiatt, S1/c USNR USS Diomedes
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    Diomedes 122k USS Diomedes (ARB-11) church call, date and location unknown. Sandy Feldkamp for her father Harley N. Wiatt, S1/c USNR USS Diomedes
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    Diomedes 72k USS Diomedes (ARB-11) Repair Department, machine, electrical and carpenter shops, date and location unknown. Sandy Feldkamp for her father Harley N. Wiatt, S1/c USNR USS Diomedes
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    Diomedes 104k USS Diomedes (ARB-11) possibly Supply Department, main issue Sandy Feldkamp for her father Harley N. Wiatt, S1/c USNR USS Diomedes
    Diomedes 118k USS Diomedes (ARB-11) officers, names unknown. Sandy Feldkamp for her father Harley N. Wiatt, S1/c USNR USS Diomedes
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    Diomedes 100k USS Diomedes (ARB-11) possibly crew talent show. Sandy Feldkamp for her father Harley N. Wiatt, S1/c USNR USS Diomedes
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    AR Wotan (A513)
    Ulysses 67k Ex-USS Diomedes (ARB-11) under way while in German service as AR Wotan (A513), date and location unknown. Robert Hurst
    Ulysses 42k AR Wotan (A513), circa 1970, under way location unknown.
    Federal German Navy photo.         		Robert Hurst
    USS Diomedes (ARB-11)
    Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Commanding Officers
    01LCDR. Redding, Charles M., USNR23 January 1945 - 21 February 1945
     Decommissioned21 February 1945 - 23 June 1945
    02LCDR. Read Jr., Samuel Henry Palmer USNR23 June 1945 - 4 January 1946
    03LCDR. Beck Jr., Joseph C., USNR4 January 1946 - August 1946
    04LT. Roper, Jasper Hawthorne, USNAugust 1946 - 3 December 1946
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler, Ron Reeves and Russ Moody
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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