The USS Romulus (ARL-22) was an Achelous-class repair ship built during World War II, originally laid down as a United States Navy LST-542-class tank landing ship (LST-962). She was constructed at the Bethlehem-Hingham Shipyard in Hingham, Massachusetts, with her keel laid on October 17, 1944. Launched on November 15, 1944, she was commissioned on December 9, 1944. Shortly after, she was transferred to the Boston Navy Yard for conversion into a landing craft repair ship and was decommissioned on January 8, 1945, for this purpose. She was recommissioned on May 10, 1945, as USS Romulus (ARL-22). Following her shakedown cruise, Romulus sailed to the Pacific via the Panama Canal, arriving in the Marianas in August 1945. She operated at Apra Harbor, Guam, and Tanapag Harbor, Saipan, tending and repairing landing craft. In September 1945, she continued her service by providing tender and repair support at Yokosuka Naval Base in Japan until September 1946. She then served at Buckner Bay, Okinawa, into December before visiting Hong Kong and returning to the US, arriving in San Pedro, Los Angeles, in February 1947. She was decommissioned in May 1947 and placed in the Pacific Reserve Fleet at San Diego. Romulus was recommissioned in April 1952 and deployed to the Far East, supporting UN forces during the Korean War, notably at Inchon, where she served as a station ship and repair facility. She also operated at Nagoya, Sasebo, Buckner Bay, and Nagasaki. She returned to San Diego in October 1953 and remained in the Pacific Fleet until her final deployment in the mid-1950s, after which she was decommissioned again in June 1956 and berthed with the Columbia River Group, Pacific Reserve Fleet. Struck from the Naval Vessel Register in 1960, she was transferred to the Philippines in 1961, where she served as BRP Aklan (AR-67), later renamed Kamagong, until her retirement in 1989. The USS Romulus earned one battle star for her service during the Korean War, marking her as a notable vessel in supporting amphibious operations and repair services during her active years.

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