USS Amycus ( ARL - 2 ) USS " Amycus " ( ARL - 2 ) was one of 39 " Achelous " - class landing craft repair ships built for the United States Navy during World War II . Named for Amycus ( in Greek mythology , the son of Poseidon and Melia ) , she was the only U . S . Naval vessel to bear the name . Originally projected as LST - 489 , this ship was redesignated ARL - 2 and named " Amycus " on 13 January 1943 . She was laid down on 17 January 1943 at Richmond , California by the Kaiser Company , Inc . ; launched on 2 April 1943 ; delivered on 3 June 1943 to the Matson Navigation Company of San Francisco , California for conversion to a landing craft repair ship ; and commissioned on 30 July 1943 , Lieutenant John J . Reidy , Jr . in command . Service history . " Amycus " conducted shakedown training along the California coast before departing San Diego on 20 September 1943 and heading for the South Pacific to join the Service Forces of the 7th Fleet . She made port calls at Pago Pago , American Samoa ; Noumea , New Caledonia ; Brisbane and Port Townsville , Australia ; and Milne Bay , New Guinea . On 29 November , the vessel arrived at Buna , Papua New Guinea where she joined Task Force 76 ( TF 76 ) . She remained at Buna until late April , 1944 servicing and repairing small escort vessels and landing boats . On 25 April 1944 , " Amycus " got underway for Cape Cretin , New Guinea where she joined a convoy bound for Hollandia . She reached that base on 3 May and assumed duty as a repair ship and the flagship of the landing craft control officer . The ship remained in $ 3 through the summer and autumn carrying out repair and tender services for various landing craft . On 20 December " Amycus " left Hollandia and proceeded to Seeadler Harbor , Manus Island . A week later , she sortied with a task group destined to take part in the Lingayen Gulf landings . As her convoy crossed the South China Sea , there were numerous air raid alerts , but only one attack materialized . On 7 January 1945 , two enemy planes came in low to attack . One was shot down by a screening vessel , and the other broke off her approach and escaped undamaged . " Amycus " anchored in Lingayen Gulf on 9 January and the bombardment of the Luzon beaches began at 0700 that day . Shortly thereafter , the ship began repairing battle - damaged landing craft . During the Allied assault , " Amycus " fired intermittently at enemy aircraft . While at anchor on 28 January , a friendly plane accidentally jettisoned a bomb which exploded about 60 feet off her port quarter . Shrapnel from the explosion killed three and wounded nine crew members and caused minor damage to the repair ship ' s hull . " Amycus " remained in Lingayen Gulf through 26 June when she sailed for Subic Bay in the Philippine Islands . Upon her arrival there , the ship operated under Service Squadron 3 at the naval base at Subic Bay . The Japanese surrender in August found " Amycus " still providing services at Subic Bay . She remained there until 27 October , when she shaped a course for the United States . The ship reached San Francisco on 30 November 1945 and later steamed to Portland , Oregon . Decommissioned on 15 November 1946 , she joined the Pacific Reserve Fleet in the Columbia River . Her name was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 June 1970 . She was sold for scrap on 13 August 1971 to Zidell Explorations , Inc . of Portland . Awards . " Amycus " earned two battle star s for her World War II service .