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LST-1147 / ARL-37 Indra

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Unit Commendation - China Service Medal (extended)
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Third Row - National Defense Service Medal - Vietnam Service Medal (2) - Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal
Achelous Class Landing Craft Repair Ship:
  • Laid down, 12 February 1945, as LST-1147 at Chicago Bridge and Iron Co., Seneca, IL.
  • Converted while building to a Landing Craft Repair Ship (ARL)
  • Launched. 21 May 1945
  • Placed in reduced commission as USS Indra (ARL-37) to transit to her conversion yard, Bethlehem-Key Highway Shipyard, Baltimore, MD.
  • Placed in full commission, 2 October 1945
  • Decommissioned, 6 October 1947, at San Diego, CA.
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group
  • Recommissioned in December 1967
  • During the Vietnam War Indra (ARL-37) participated in the following campaigns:
  • Decommissioned in May 1970
  • Struck from the Naval Register in 1984
  • Transferred to the State of North Carolina in January 1992
  • Final Disposition, sunk as an artificial reef of the coast of North Carolina, 4 August 1992
  • Indra earned two battle stars for service during the Vietnam War
    Specifications:
    Displacement 2,125 t. (lt) 4,100 (fl) t.
    Length 328'
    Beam 50'
    Speed 11 Kts,
    Complement 252
    Armament 2 quad 40mm w/Mk. 51 directors, 2 twin 40mm w/Mk. 51 directors, 6 twin 20 mm
    Propulsion two General Motors 12-567 diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders.
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    Indra 40k Indra (ARL-37) underway, date and place unknown. Albert Moore
    Mobile Riverine Force
    Association
    Indra 148k Indra (ARL-37) underway, circa 1960s
    US Navy photo # NH 97353 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center    		 US Naval Historical Center
    View the Indra (ARL-37)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    Mobile Riverine Force Association
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