page_title: USS Pentheus (ARL-20)
hierarchical_section_title: USS Pentheus (ARL-20)
caption_attribution_description: English: USS Pentheus (ARL-20) off-loading pontoons that she had taken on at Providence R.I. on completion of her voyage to Subic Bay, P.I. in October 1945. US Navy photo by Maynard L. Johnson MoMM/3 USS Pentheus. Pentheus was an Achelous-class landing craft repair ship (ARL). Official US Navy photo taken from http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/19/10192001.jpg
context_page_description: USS Pentheus (ARL-20) was one of 39 Achelous-class landing craft repair ships built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named for Pentheus, she was the only U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name.
  Originally laid down as LST–1115 by the Chicago Bridge and Iron Company of Seneca, Illinois on 29 September 1944; launched 22 December 1944; and placed in reduced commission 4 January 1945. Proceeding to Baltimore, Maryland, she decommissioned 6 February 1945; underwent conversion; and was commissioned in full as USS Pentheus 7 June 1945 with Lieutenant Mason E. Brock, USNR, in command.
context_section_description: USS Pentheus (ARL-20) was one of 39 Achelous-class landing craft repair ships built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named for Pentheus (a king of Thebes, according to Greek legend), she was the only U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name.
  Originally laid down as LST–1115 by the Chicago Bridge and Iron Company of Seneca, Illinois on 29 September 1944; launched 22 December 1944; and placed in reduced commission 4 January 1945. Proceeding to Baltimore, Maryland, she decommissioned 6 February 1945; underwent conversion; and was commissioned in full as USS Pentheus (ARL–20) 7 June 1945 with Lieutenant Mason E. Brock, USNR, in command.
caption: Pentheus off-loading pontoons that she had taken on at Providence, Rhode Island on completion of her voyage to Subic Bay in October 1945
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