APL-64 APL-65 class USS APL-65 [A] USS APL-66 [A] APL-67 class USS APL-67 [A] USS APL-68 [A] USS APL-69 [A] USS APL-70 [P] USS APL-71 [P] Mechanized Artillery Transports (APM) Convoy Rescue Craft (APR) APR was the original hull symbol intended for the patrol craft escorts that were converted to rescue crews from ships attacked in convoys, but they were instead redesignated as PCERs. Transport Submarines (APS, APSS) Transport and Aircraft Ferries (APV) USS Kitty Hawk (APV-1), later AKV-1 USS Hammondsport (APV-2) USS Lakehurst (APV-3) Repair Ships (AR) USS Medusa (AR-1) USS Bridgeport (AR-2), ex-ID-3009, later AD-10 USS Prometheus (AR-3), ex-AC-2 USS Vestal (AR-4), ex-AC-1 USS Vulcan (AR-5) USS Ajax (AR-6) USS Hector (AR-7) USS Jason (AR-8), ex-ARH-1 USS Delta (AR-9), ex-AK-29 USS Alcor (AR-10), ex-AG-34, later AD-34 USS Rigel (AR-11), ex-AD-13, ARb-1 USS Briareus (AR-12) USS Amphion (AR-13) USS Cadmus (AR-14) USS Deucalion (AR-15), canceled 12 August 1945 USS Mars (AR-16), canceled 12 August 1945 USS Xanthus (AR-19) USS Laertes (AR-20) USS Dionysus (AR-21) USS Klondike (AR-22), ex-AD-22 USS Markab (AR-23), ex-AD-21 USS Grand Canyon (AR-28), ex-AD-28 Battle Damage Repair Ships (ARB) USS Aristaeus (ARB-1), ex-LST-329 USS Oceanus (ARB-2), ex-LST-328 USS Phaon (ARB-3), ex-LST-15 USS Zeus (ARB-4), ex-LST-132 USS Midas (ARB-5), ex-LST-514 USS Nestor (ARB-6), ex-LST-491, wrecked by Typhoon Louise Okinawa October 1945 USS Sarpedon (ARB-7), ex-LST-956 USS Telamon (ARB-8), ex-LST-976 USS Ulysses (ARB-9), ex-LST-967 USS Demeter (ARB-10), ex-LST-1121 USS Diomedes (ARB-11), ex-LST-1119 USS Helios (ARB-12), ex-LST-1127 USS ARB-13, ex-LST-50 Base Repair Ship (ARb) USS Rigel (ARb-1), ex-AD-13, later AR-11 Cable Repair Ships (ARC) USS Portunus (ARC-1), ex-LSM–275 USS Aeolus (ARC-3), ex-AKA-47 USS Thor (ARC-4), ex-AKA-49 USS Yamacraw (ARC-5), ex-ACM-9 Neptune-class USNS Neptune (T-ARC-2) USNS Albert J. Myer (T-ARC-6) Zeus-class USNS Zeus (T-ARC-7) [A] Two other Navy vessels performed cable support operations without the ARC hull classification: USS Nashawena (AG-142 / YAG-35) and Kailua (IX-71). Internal Combustion Engine Repair Ships (ARG) Aroostook-class USS Oglala (ARG-1), ex-CM-4 Luzon-class USS Luzon (ARG-2) USS Mindanao (ARG-3) USS Tutuila (ARG-4) USS Oahu (ARG-5) USS Cebu (ARG-6) USS Culebra Island (ARG-7) USS Leyte (ARG-8), renamed USS Maui USS Mona Island (ARG-9) USS Palawan (ARG-10) USS Samar (ARG-11) USS Kermit Roosevelt (ARG-16) USS Hooper Island (ARG-17) Basilan-class USS Basilan (ARG-12), ex-AG-68 USS Burias (ARG-13), ex-AG-69 Other ships USS Dumaran (ARG-14), later ARV-1 USS Masbate (ARG-15), later ARV-2 USS Holland (ARG-18), ex-AS-3 USS Beaver (ARG-19), ex-AS-5 USS Otus (ARG-20), ex-AS-20 Heavy-hull Repair Ship (ARH) USS Jason