USS Numitor (ARL-17)

The USS "Numitor" (ARL-17) (originally designated "LST-954") was one of 39 "Achelous"-class landing craft repair ships built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named for Numitor (in Roman mythology, King Numitor of Alba Longa, son of Procas, and the father of Rhea Silvia),she was the only U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name.

"Numitor" was laid down on September 19, 1944 at Bethlehem Hingham Corporation of Hingham, Massachusetts and launched on October 18, 1944. After conversion by Bethlehem Key Highway Yard in Baltimore was commissioned on April 3, 1945 with Lieutenant Davis Minshew in command. After shakedown in Chesapeake Bay, the landing-craft repair ship departed Norfolk, Virginia 12 May 1945; transited the Panama Canal; received additional gear on the West Coast, sailed via Pearl Harbor, the Marshall Islands, and Caroline Islands, and reached Okinawa, 10 August 1945. With the end of World War II her base of operations transferred to Sasebo, Japan where the ship continued in occupation service from 22 September until 22 February 1946.

Returning to the United States, "Numitor" again transited the Panama Canal and arrived Orange, Texas. 17 June 1946. Initially assisting in the deactivation of other vessels, she was placed out of commission in reserve 1 July 1947. Struck from the Naval Vessel Register 1 April 1960, ARL–17 was sold to the Southern Scrap Material Co. of New Orleans, Louisiana. The hull was later sold to the Dravo Corporationn for conversion to a drydock.

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