| Navy | The US Navy |
| Type | Repair ship |
| Class | Laertes |
| Pennant | AR 19 |
| Built by | Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard Inc. (Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.) |
| Ordered | |
| Laid down | 6 Jun 1944 |
| Launched | 31 Jul 1944 |
| Commissioned | 9 May 1945 |
| End service | 26 Feb 1947 |
| History | Decommissioned on 26 February 1947 Stricken on 1 September 1962 Sold to be broken up for scrap on 15 July 1974 |
Commands listed for USS Xanthus (AR 19)
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| Commander | From | To | |
| 1 | T/Cdr. Stanley Gilbert Nichols, USN | 9 May 1945 | 3 Jan 1947 |
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