page_title: USS Diomedes (ARB-11)
hierarchical_section_title: USS Diomedes (ARB-11)
context_page_description: USS Diomedes (ARB-11) was an Aristaeus-class repair ship built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named for Diomedes, she was the only U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name.
  LST-1119 was launched on 11 January 1945 by the Chicago Bridge and Iron Company of Seneca, Illinois; sponsored by Mrs. M. D. Hembree; placed in partial commission from 23 January to 21 February 1945 for the passage to Baltimore, Maryland; converted to a battle damage repair ship as USS Diomedes (ARB-11); and commissioned on 23 June 1945 with Lieutenant Commander S. H. P. Read, Jr., USNR, in command.
context_section_description: USS Diomedes (ARB-11) was an Aristaeus-class repair ship built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named for Diomedes (in Greek mythology, a prince of Argos, one of the bravest heroes of the Trojan War), she was the only U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name.
  LST-1119 was launched on 11 January 1945 by the Chicago Bridge and Iron Company of Seneca, Illinois; sponsored by Mrs. M. D. Hembree; placed in partial commission from 23 January to 21 February 1945 for the passage to Baltimore, Maryland; converted to a battle damage repair ship as USS Diomedes (ARB-11); and commissioned on 23 June 1945 with Lieutenant Commander S. H. P. Read, Jr., USNR, in command.
caption: USS Diomedes (ARB-11) at anchor in Hong Kong Harbor, 1 December 1945
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