USS Pandemus

History
United States
Name	USS Pandemus
Namesake	Pandemus, a goddess in Egyptian mythology and Greek mythology
Builder	Chicago Bridge and Iron Company, Seneca, Illinois
Laid down	20 July 1944
Launched	10 October 1944
Sponsored by	Mrs. Laura Sauter Gasperik
Commissioned	23 February 1945
Decommissioned	23 September 1946
Recommissioned	14 December 1951
Decommissioned	30 September 1968
Stricken	1 October 1968
Fate	Sunk as a target, 1969
General characteristics
Class and type	Achelous class repair ship
Displacement	2,220 long tons (2,256 t) light 4,100 long tons (4,166 t) full
Length	328 ft (100 m)
Beam	50 ft (15 m)
Draft	11 ft 2 in (3.40 m)
Propulsion	2 × General Motors 12-567 diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders
Speed	12 knots (14 mph; 22 km/h)
Complement	255 officers and enlisted men
Armament	2 × quad 40 mm guns (with Mark 51 director) 2 × twin 40 mm guns (with Mark 51 director) 6 × twin 20 mm guns
Service record
Awards:	1 battle star for World War II

USS Pandemus (ARL-18) was one of 39 Achelous-class landing craft repair ships built for the United States Navy during World War II and was in commission from 1945 to 1946 and from 1951 to 1968. Named for Pandemus (a civic goddess in Egyptian and Greek mythology, perhaps of marriage, personifying earthly or common love), she has been the only U.S. Navy vessel to bear the name.