The USS Stentor (ARL-26) was an Achelous-class landing craft repair ship built for the United States Navy during World War II. Originally designated as LST-858, a tank landing ship, she was later redesignated as a landing craft repair ship on 14 August 1944. She was constructed by the Chicago Bridge & Iron Company in Seneca, Illinois, with her keel laid down on 21 September 1944, and was launched on 11 November 1944. The vessel was officially commissioned on 22 December 1944. Following her commissioning, the USS Stentor moved down the Mississippi River to New Orleans, arriving on Christmas Eve, and subsequently departed for Mobile, Alabama, on 2 January 1945. She decommissioned there on 9 January to undergo conversion into a landing craft repair ship. After re-commissioning on 28 April 1945, she completed her fitting out and shakedown training in May. In June 1945, Stentor reported for duty with the Pacific Fleet at Coco Solo, near the Panama Canal. She then proceeded to the California coast, where she loaded pontoons at Port Hueneme and traveled to San Francisco. From there, she sailed to Hawaii, arriving at Pearl Harbor on 16 July 1945, remaining there through the end of World War II and into the fall of 1945. In October 1945, she departed Pearl Harbor, heading to the Far East. She stopped at Guam and arrived in Shanghai, China, in December 1945, where she served until October 1946. After her service in China, Stentor departed Qingdao for the United States, arriving in Los Angeles in November 1946. She operated along the West Coast, primarily based in San Diego, until she was decommissioned and placed in the Pacific Reserve Fleet in December 1947. Her name was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 July 1960, and she was sold for scrapping on 23 January 1961. The USS Stentor served primarily as a repair and support vessel during her active years, contributing to post-war operations in the Pacific and China, and exemplifies the logistical support fleet crucial to wartime and immediate post-war naval operations.

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