Roads and was delivered on 25 June 1946 to the Maritime Commission for custody pending disposal. She decommissioned on 21 March 1946 and was struck from the Navy list on 17 April 1947. Recommissioning On 4 November 1954, the former attack cargo ship was reacquired by the Navy to support Project Caesar, the unclassified name for the installation of the Sound Surveillance System (SOSUS). The ship was reclassified as a cable repair ship, redesignated ARC-3, and renamed Aeolus. Her conversion was completed on 15 May 1955 at Baltimore by the Key Highway Plant of the Bethlehem Steel Co. The ship was accepted for limited service and re-commissioned later that month. References External links NavSource Online: AKA-47 Turandot, ARC-3 Aeolus USS Turandot / USS Aeolus web site 51 Years of AKAs Artemis-class attack cargo ships World War II amphibious warfare vessels of the United States Ships built in Providence, Rhode Island 1945 ships