The Aristaeus-class repair ship was a class of repair ships of the United States Navy during the Second World War.
After the war, few ships were then sold to foreign countries such as Brazil, Greece, Norway and West Germany.
The ship's hull remained nearly the same but with new equipments to carry out her purpose now placed on deck alongside several cranes.
[1] MV Gordon Jensen (ex-USS Zeus) is still active to this day, serving as a transport and berthing vessel for SNOPAC Products Inc. processing crews in Alaska.
[2] ARB-13 (ex-USS LST-50) was redesignated as a repair ship on 14 November 1952.