sentences:  Originally laid down as USS "LST-1003", an , she was launched 8 June 1944 by the Boston Navy Yard and sponsored by Mrs. V. M. Rines.Renamed and reclassified USS "Coronis" (ARL-10) on 12 June 1944 she was placed in partial commission 29 June 1944 and sailed to Baltimore, Maryland for conversion to a landing craft repair ship.