USS Nestor

USS Nestor (ARB-6), at anchor probably in Hampton Roads, Virginia, in July 1944.
History
United States
Name	LST-518 Nestor
Namesake	Nestor
Builder	Chicago Bridge & Iron Company, Seneca, Illinois
Laid down	13 September 1943
Launched	20 January 1944
Commissioned	24 June 1944
Decommissioned	29 November 1945
Reclassified	Battle Damage Repair Ship, 3 November 1943
Stricken	3 January 1946
Identification	Hull symbol: LST-518 Hull symbol: ARB-6 Code letters: NJLJ
Honors and awards	1 × battle star (World War II)
Fate	Sold for scrap, May 1947
General characteristics [1]
Class and type	LST-491-class tank landing ship Aristaeus-class battle damage repair ship
Displacement	1,781 long tons (1,810 t) (light) 4,100 long tons (4,200 t) (full)
Length	328 ft (100 m) oa
Beam	50 ft (15 m)
Draft	11 ft 2 in (3.40 m)
Installed power	2 × 900 hp (670 kW) Electro-Motive Diesel 12-567A diesel engines 1,700 shp (1,300 kW)
Propulsion	1 × Falk main reduction gears 2 × Propellers
Speed	11.6 kn (21.5 km/h; 13.3 mph)
Complement	20 officers, 234 enlisted men
Armament	1 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber gun 2 × quad 40 mm (1.57 in) Bofors guns 8 × 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannons
Service record
Operations:	Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto (16 April–30 June 1945)
Awards:	American Campaign Medal Asiatic–Pacific Campaign Medal World War II Victory Medal Navy Occupation Service Medal w/Asia Clasp

USS Nestor (ARB-6) was planned as a United States Navy LST-491-class tank landing ship, but was redesignated as one of twelve Aristaeus-class battle damage repair ships built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named for Nestor (in Greek mythology, the son of Neleus, the King of Pylos and Chloris), she was the only US Naval vessel to bear the name.