Achelous Class Landing Craft Repair Ship Laid down as LST-1145, at Chicago Bridge and Iron Works, Seneca Ill; Redesignated a Landing Craft Repair Ship (ARL-32); Launched 7 May 1945; Placed in reduced commission 18 May 1945 for transit to her conversion yard at Baltimore Md; Decommissioned 11 June 1945 at Baltimore Md; Converted at Bethlehem Steel Co., Key Highway Plant, Baltimore Md; Recommissioned USS Gordius (ARL-36), 14 September 1945; Decommissioned 21 December 1955 for lay up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Green Cove Springs, Fla; Loaed under the Military Assistance Program to Iran, 7 September 1968, renamed Sohrab Specifications Displacement 2,220 (lt) 4,100 (fl) t.; Length 328'; Beam 50'; Speed 11.6 Kts; Complement 253; Armament, 1 3"/50 gun mount 8 40mm, 8 20mm; Propulsion Diesel.