 HMS LSE-1 in Baltimore on 25 September 1943
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| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name | ARL-5 |
| Builder | Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Company, Jeffersonville, Indiana |
| Laid down | 8 March 1943, as LST-81 |
| Launched | 28 May 1943 |
| Commissioned | 21 July 1943 |
| Decommissioned | 19 July 1943 |
| Reclassified | ARL-5, 20 July 1943 |
| Stricken | 29 October 1946 |
| Fate |
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| History | |
 United Kingdom | |
| Name | LSE-1 |
| Acquired | 29 July 1943 |
| Fate | Returned to the US Navy, 21 May 1946 |
| History | |
 Argentina | |
| Name |
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| Acquired | 20 August 1947 |
| Fate | Sold 1967 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Achelous-class landing craft repair ship |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 328 ft (100 m) |
| Beam | 50 ft (15 m) |
| Draft | 11 ft 2 in (3.40 m) |
| Propulsion | 2 × General Motors 12-567 diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders |
| Speed | 12 knots (14 mph; 22 km/h) |
| Complement | 255 officers and enlisted men |
| Armament | |
USS ARL-5 was one of 39 Achelous-class landing craft repair ships built for the United States Navy during World War II.
Originally laid down as LST-81 on 8 March 1943, at Jeffersonville, Indiana by the Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Company; launched on 28 May 1943; sponsored by Miss Bettie Meador; and commissioned on 21 July 1943. She was decommissioned on 19 July 1943, and redesignated ARL-5 on 20 July 1943.
On 29 July 1943, she was transferred to the United Kingdom and served the Royal Navy as HM LSE-1 until 21 May 1946, when she was returned to the United States. She was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 29 October 1946.
On 20 August 1947, LST-81 was sold to Argentina and served that government as ARA Ingeniero Hodesh (Q-21), then renamed ARA Ingeniero Iribas (Q-21). She was sold by the Argentine Navy in 1967.
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.- "LST-81 / ARL-5". Amphibious Photo Archive. Retrieved 23 April 2007.
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