USS ARL-5

USS ARL-5 was one of 39 Achelous-class landing craft repair ships built for the United States Navy during World War II.

HMS LSE-1 in Baltimore on 25 September 1943
History
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	Transferred to the Royal Navy, 29 July 1943 Sold to Argentina, 20 August 1947
History
United Kingdom
Name	LSE-1
Acquired	29 July 1943
Fate	Returned to the US Navy, 21 May 1946
History
Argentina
Name	Ingeniero Hodesh Ingeniero Iribas
Acquired	20 August 1947
Fate	Sold 1967
General characteristics
Class and type	Achelous-class landing craft repair ship
Displacement	2,220 long tons (2,256 t) light 4,200 long tons (4,267 t) full
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	2 × quad 40 mm w/Mk-51 directors 2 × twin 40 mm w/Mk-51 directors 6 × twin 20 mm

Originally laid down as LST-81 on 8th 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 29th 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.