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LST-82 ARL-6

ARL-6 was transferred via lend-lease to Great Britain and designated LSE-2, later transferred to Argentina and named ARA Ingeniero Gadda (Q-22)

Achelous Class Landing Craft Repair Ship:

Laid down, 25 March 1943, at Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Co., Jeffersonville, IN.

Launched, 9 June 1943

Redesignated Achelous Class Landing Craft Repair Ship ARL-6, 20 July 1943

Transferred, 2 August 1943, to the United Kingdom

ARL-6 never saw active service with the United States Navy

Royal Navy History
Commissioned into the Royal Navy as HM LSE-2, 2 August 1943
Converted to an LSE at Norfolk, VA., in September 1943
Departed Norfolk, bound for Oran, December 1943, in convoy carrying US troops
Sailed to Algiers and Bougie, then Malta
Departed Malta in February 1944, arrived at Portland, March 1944
Anchored off Normandy approx. D+5, repairing small naval vessels until end of July
Back to Portsmouth then Larne, Northern Ireland
Took part in the invasion of southern France
Visited Toulon and Marseilles, Ajaccio, Naples, Taranto, Palermo, Malta, Aden, Cochin, Bombay and Madras.
Transported doctors and nurses from Colombo to Sumatra
Steamed to Batavia, Java, then Singapore at Christmas 1945
Ship returned to US Naval custody and paid off, 21 May 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, 29 October 1946

Final Disposition, sold, 20 August 1947, to Argentina, renamed ARA Ingeniero Gadda (Q-22)

Decommissioned by the Argentine Navy, 25 August 1960

Sold by the Argentina in 1968, to Bottachi S. A. (Argentina), for trade between Argentina and Brazil,
renamed MV Tierra Del Fuego Signal

(L Q L A)

Final Disposition, fate unknown

ARL Specifications:
Displacement 2,220 t.(lt) 3,960 t.(fl) 4,100 t.(lim)
Length 328'
Beam 50'
Draft 11' 2" (lim)
Speed 11.6 kts. (trial)

Complement

Officers 19

Enlisted 270

Armament

one single 3" (12-pdr). gun mount

eight single 20mm AA gun mounts

Fuel Capacity 4,715Bbls

Propulsion

two General Motors 12-567A Diesel engines

single Falk Main Reduction Gears

Ships Service Generators

three 100Kw 120V/240V D.C.

two 60Kw 450V A.C.

two propellers, 1,800shp

twin rudders

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
HM LSE-2
	105k	Ex-*ARL-6* in Royal Naval service as HM LSE-2 moored at Baltimore, MD., 25 September 1943, after completion of conversion. Note the British 12 Pdr (3") gun on a raised platform at the stern and the absence of 40mm quad mounts on this ship. Like the U.S. ships, they also originally had eight 20mm mounts. The British ships lacked the "A" frame hoist fitted to the U.S. ships, but this photograph suggests and others confirm that the bow doors were operational, rather then being welded shut as in the U.S. units of this class. US National Archives photo # 19-N-57203, RG-19 LCM, a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.	Robert Hurst
ARA Ingeniero Gadda (Q-22)
	40k	*ARA Ingeniero Iribas* (Q-21) (outboard) and ARA Ingeniero Gadda (Q-22)** (inboard) moored pierside at Buenos Aires, Argentina.	Yu Chu
	28k	*ARA Ingeniero Gadda* (Q-22)** underway, in tow, date and location unknown.	Yu Chu
	24k	*ARA Ingeniero Gadda* (Q-22)** underway, date and location unknown.	Yu Chu

LST-82 / ARL-6
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships (DANFS)

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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