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{{Infobox ship
| image          = [[File:SS_Charles_P_Steinmetz.jpg]]
| caption        = Sister ship SS Charles P Steinmetz
| image2         = 
| caption2       = 
| shipname = SS Luis Arguello
| shipowner = U.S. War Shipping Administration
| shipbuilder = California Shipbuilding Corporation
| shipyardnumber =
| shiplaunched = 1942
| shipcompleted = 	
| shipinservice =
| shipoutofservice =
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| shipreclassified =	
| shipID = KKCO
| shipfate = scrapped 1960
| shiptype = EC2-S-C1 Liberty Ship
| shiptonnage = 10,856 tons
| shiplength = 417.6 ft
| shipbeam = 56.8 ft
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| shipspeed = 11 Knots
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==Remarks==
Hull number 679, and the 105th Liberty ship constructed by California Shipbuilding Corporation. Construction commenced 5 Nov 1942 and she was launched 33 days later on 9 Dec 1942. ''Luis Aguella's'' first arrival in Australian waters was on 18 Jan 1943, and from then until 4 Sep 1945 when she arrived at San Francisco she carried cargo from Australia to destinations to its north. Scrapped at Kure, Japan in 1960 despite being built to last only 5 years.

==Soldiers/ Airmen carried==

===Darwin to Morotai via Port Moresby and Biak 17 - 30 Jun 1945===
The majority of No. 6 Repair & Salvage Unit disembarked the following day, 

with the detachment from [[No. 21 Squadron RAAF]]
* [[Vernon Wallace Marsh]]

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