USS Indra

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USS Indra (ARL-37) underway, circa 1967-1969 (NH 97353).jpg
USS Indra (ARL-37), underway c. 1960s
History
Flag of the United States.svgUnited States
Name
  • LST-1147
  • Indra
Namesake Indra
Builder Chicago Bridge & Iron Company, Seneca, Illinois
Laid down12 February 1945
Sponsored byRegina K. Hlubak
Commissioned
  • 21 May 1945 (partial)
  • 2 October 1945 (full)
Decommissioned6 October 1947
RenamedIndra, 15 August 1944
ReclassifiedARL-37
Refitconverted to Landing Craft Repair Ship
Identification
Recommissioned16 December 1967
DecommissionedMay 1970
Stricken1984
Honors and
awards		 Bronze-service-star-3d.png 2 × battle stars, Vietnam War
Fate
General characteristics [2]
Class and type
Displacement
  • 2,220 long tons (2,256  t) (light)
  • 3,960 long tons (4,024 t) (full)
Length328  ft (100  m) oa
Beam50 ft (15 m)
Draft11 ft 2 in (3.40 m)
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed11.6  kn (21.5  km/h; 13.3  mph)
Complement19 officers 270 enlisted
Armament

USS Indra (ARL-37) was one of 39 Achelous-class landing craft repair ships built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named for Indra (the god of weather and war, and lord of Svargaloka in Hinduism), she was the only US Naval vessel to bear the name, and only one of three ships (along with USS Krishna and the Civil War era gunboat USS Varuna) to be named after a Hindu deity.

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Construction

Originally laid down as LST-1147 on 12 February 1945; reclassified while building and launched as ARL-37 by Chicago Bridge & Iron Company, of Seneca, Illinois, 21 May 1945; sponsored by Mrs. Regina K. Hlubek; placed in reduced commission [3] and brought to Bethlehem Key Highway Shipyard, Baltimore, for conversion, and commissioned 2 October 1945. [4]

Service history

After shakedown, Indra sailed to Green Cove Springs, Florida, where she remained from 30 November 1945, until 8 May 1946. She then steamed through the Panama Canal to San Diego, arriving 4 June 1946. The ship remained in California until departing 7 January 1947, for the Far East. Indra arrived at Qingdao, 19 February 1947, to support the United States Marines there attempting to stabilize the volatile Chinese situation and protect American lives and property. She performed repair and general services there and at Shanghai, until 30 August 1947, when she sailed for San Diego. Upon her arrival on 25 September 1947, Indra was decommissioned on 6 October 1947, and entered the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group. [4]

Indra was recommissioned 16 December 1967. During the Vietnam War, Indra participated in the following campaigns:

Decommissioned in May 1970, she was struck from the Naval Vessel Register in 1984. Transferred to the state of North Carolina in January 1992, she was sunk as an artificial reef off the coast of North Carolina on 4 August 1992. [2]

Awards

Indra earned two battle stars for service during the Vietnam War. [2]

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