USS Indra

	USS Indra (ARL-37), underway c. 1960s
History
United States
Name	LST-1147; Indra;
Namesake	Indra
Builder	Chicago Bridge & Iron Company, Seneca, Illinois
Laid down	12 February 1945
Sponsored by	Regina K. Hlubak
Commissioned	21 May 1945 (partial); 2 October 1945 (full);
Decommissioned	6 October 1947
Renamed	Indra, 15 August 1944
Reclassified	ARL-37
Refit	converted to Landing Craft Repair Ship
Identification	Hull symbol: LST-1147; Hull symbol: ARL-37; Code letters: NDPV; ;
Recommissioned	16 December 1967
Decommissioned	May 1970
Stricken	1984
Honors and; awards	battle stars, Vietnam War
Fate	Sunk as an artificial reef, 4 August 1992; 34°33′55″N 76°58′30″W / 34.56528°N 76.97500°W;
General characteristics
Class and type	tank landing ship; Achelous-class repair ship;
Displacement	2,220 long tons (2,256 t) (light); 3,960 long tons (4,024 t) (full);
Length	328 ft (100 m) oa
Beam	50 ft (15 m)
Draft	11 ft 2 in (3.40 m)
Installed power	2 × 900 12-567A diesel engines; 1,800 kW);
Propulsion	1 × Falk main reduction gears; 2 × Propellers;
Speed	11.6 kn (21.5 km/h; 13.3 mph)
Complement	19 officers 270 enlisted
Armament	1 × 3 in (76 mm)/50 caliber gun; 2 × quad 40 mm (1.57 in) Bofors guns (Mark 51 director); 2 × twin 40 mm Bofors guns (Mark 51 director); 6 × twin 20 mm (0.79 in) Oerlikon cannons;

USS Indra (ARL-37) was one of 39

Hindu

deity.

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

Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group.^[4]

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

Vietnamese Counteroffensive – Phase IV (2 to 16 April 1968)
Vietnamese Counteroffensive – Phase V (21 September to 1 November 1968)

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]

Bibliography

"LST-1147". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 23 October 2018. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
"Indra". Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. Naval History and Heritage Command. Retrieved 23 October 2018. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
"USS Indra (ARL-37)". Navsource.org. 27 October 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
Mobile Riverine Force Association (4 October 1999). "History of The USS Indra (ARL-37)". Archived from the original on 23 February 2015. Retrieved 20 October 2014.

External links

Photo gallery of USS Indra at NavSource Naval History

[FOOTNOTEMRFA1999-1] MRFA 1999.

[FOOTNOTENavsource2017-2] Navsource 2017.

[FOOTNOTEDANFS-3] DANFS.

[FOOTNOTEDANFS_Indra-4] DANFS Indra.

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