USS Aeolus

USS Aeolus

Several ships of the United States Navy have been named "Aeolus", after Aeolus, the Greek god of the winds:

*, originally SS "Grosser Kurfürst" for Norddeutscher Lloyd; was seized by the U.S.; used as a troop transport during World War I
*, an assigned name for the proposed conversion of "LST-310"; conversion was cancelled 12 September 1945
*, was originally the USS "Turandot", an amphibious cargo ship.

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