USS Indra
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USS
LST 1147 was laid down by Chicago Bridge & Iron
Company in February 1945, and was launched three months
later as ARL 37. She was commissioned in October that same
year. She was extensively used as a support vessel, and
took part in operations at Tsingtao in China in 1947, and
in in Vietnam in 1968 where she supported the US Mobile
Riverine Force. She earned herself two battle stars for
her service in the Vietnam War, and in 1970 she was taken
out of active service and transferred to the Reserve
Fleet. In 1992 she was given to State of North Carolina
and prepared to be scuttled as part of the artificial reef
program AR330. She disappeared in the deep 4. August 1992,
and rest today standing on her keel on a depth of 10 to 25
meter outside Newport.
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Picture: USS ARL 37 Courtesy of US Navy, Public domain Last updated: January 2021 |
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