Built by American Bridge Company at the Ambridge Manufacturing Plant in Ambridge, PA. Authorized as LST-1095. Redesignated Aircraft Repair Ship (Aircraft) ARVA)-6, December 14, 1944. Laid down, January 22, 1945, at American Bridge Co., Ambridge, PA. Launched, April 25, 1945. Placed in temporary commission, June 19, 1945, for transit to her fitting out yard at New Orleans LA. Completed and placed in full commission as USS Megara (ARVA-6), June 27, 1945, at Algiers, LA., LCDR. Maxwell, T. Dalby, USNR in command. Decommissioned on June 3, 1946, at Green Cove Springs, FL. Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Green Cove Springs Group. Recommissioned, May 5, 1951, Cove Springs, FL., LCDR. R. J. Devito, USN in command. Decommissioned on January 16, 1956, at Green Cove Springs, FL. Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Green Cove Springs Group. Transferred, date unknown, to Atlantic Reserve Fleet Orange, TX. Struck from the Naval Register, June 1, 1973. Sold by DRMS, to Mexico, October 1, 1973, renamed ARM General Vicente Guerrero (A-05). Final Disposition, fate unknown.
Project Details
- Owner: U.S. Navy
- Location: Ambridge, Pennsylvania, United States
- Performed as: American Bridge Company
- Completion Date: June 1945



