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LST-81 / ARL-5


ARL-5 was transferred under the lend-lease program to Great Britain and designated LSE-1, later transferred to Argentina and named ARA Ingeniero Hodesh (Q-21)
Achelous Class Landing Craft Repair Ship:
  • Laid down, 8 March 1943, at Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Co., Jeffersonville, IN.
  • Launched, 28 May 1943
  • Redesignated Achelous Class Landing Craft Repair Ship ARL-5, 20 July 1943
  • ARL-5 saw no active service in the US Navy
  • Transferred , 29 July 1943, to the United Kingdom
  • Commissioned into the Royal Navy as HM LSE-1, 30 July 1943
  • Returned to US Naval custody, 21 May 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 29 October 1946
  • Transferred on loan , 20 August 1947, to Argentina, named ARA Ingeniero Hodesh (Q-21) renamed Ingeniero Iribas (Q-21), date unknown
  • Sold to Argentina in 1967
  • Final Disposition, disposed of by the Argentine Navy in 1967 fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 2,220t. (lt.) 4,100t. (fl.)
    Length 328'
    Beam 50'
    Speed 11.6 Kts.
    Complement 255
    Armament
    two quad 40mm AA gun mounts w/Mk. 51 directors
    two twin 40mm AA gun mounts w/Mk. 51 directors
    six twin 20 mm AA gun mounts
    Propulsion two General Motors 12-567 Diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders
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    ARL-5 16k ex ARL-5 in Argentine service as ARA Ingeniero Iribas (Q-21), pierside, date and place unknown Armada Argentina web site
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