USS Indra (ARL-37)
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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USS Indra (ARL-37)
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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commissioning date
1945-05-21
1945-10-02
decommissioning date
1947-10-06
laying down
1945-02-12
recommissioning date
1967-12-16
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* Laid up inPacific Reserve Fleet,San Diego Group25 September 1947–16 December 1967
*Laid up in theAtlantic Reserv ...... p, 30 November 1945–8 May 1946
*Sunk as an artificial reef, 4 August 1992
Transferred toNorth Carolina, January 1992
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Ship armament
*1 × /50 caliber gun
*2 × quad ...... s
*6 × twin Oerlikon cannons
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Ship builder
Chicago Bridge & Iron Company, Seneca, Illinois
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Ship decommissioned
1947-10-06
May 1970
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Ship fate
Transferred to North Carolina, January 1992
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Ship identification
*Hull symbol: LST-1147
*Hull symbol: ARL-37
*Code letters: NDPV
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Ship laid down
1945-02-12
Ship name
* LST-1147
* Indra
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Ship reclassified
ARL-37
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Ship recommissioned
1967-12-16
Ship refit
converted to Landing Craft Repair Ship
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Ship renamed
Ship sponsor
Regina K. Hlubak
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Ship status
Ship struck
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* Indra
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* LST-1147
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