USS ARL-6
{{Short description|1943 Achelous-class repair ship}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=File:US National Archives photo 19-N-57203.jpg |Ship caption=HMS LSE-2 in Baltimore on 25 September 1943 }} {{Infobox ship career |Ship country=United States |Ship flag={{USN flag|1946}} |Ship name= ARL-6 |Ship ordered= |Ship builder=Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Company, Jeffersonville, Indiana |Ship laid down=25 March 1943, as LST-82 |Ship launched=9 June 1943 |Ship commissioned=26 July 1943 |Ship decommissioned=2 August 1943 |Ship reclassified=ARL-6, 20 July 1943 |Ship struck=29 October 1946 |Ship fate=*Transferred to the Royal Navy, 2 August 1943
|Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header=title |Ship country=United Kingdom |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|United Kingdom|naval}} |Ship name= LSE-2 |Ship acquired=2 August 1943 |Ship commissioned= |Ship decommissioned= |Ship nickname= |Ship honours= |Ship fate=Returned to the US Navy, 21 May 1946 |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header=title |Ship country=Argentina |Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Argentina|naval}} |Ship name= Ingeniero Gadda |Ship namesake= |Ship acquired=20 August 1947 |Ship commissioned= |Ship decommissioned=25 August 1960 |Ship identification=*{{IMO Number|6621533}} |Ship motto= |Ship nickname= |Ship honours= |Ship fate=Sold into merchant service, 1968 |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Ship class=Achelous-class repair ship |Ship displacement=*{{convert|2220|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} light
|Ship length={{convert|328|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Ship beam={{convert|50|ft|m|abbr=on}} |Ship draft={{convert|11|ft|2|in|m|abbr=on}} |Ship propulsion=2 × General Motors 12-567 diesel engines, two shafts, twin rudders |Ship speed={{convert|12|kn|mph km/h|lk=in}} |Ship complement=255 officers and enlisted men |Ship sensors= |Ship EW= |Ship armament=*2 × quad 40 mm w/Mk-51 directors
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USS ARL-6 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-82 on 25 March 1943 at Jeffersonville, Indiana by the Jeffersonville Boat & Machine Company; launched on 9 June 1943; sponsored by Mrs. G. D. Kellogg; redesignated ARL-6 on 20 July 1943; and commissioned on 26 July 1943.
On 2 August 1943, she was decommissioned and transferred to the United Kingdom as HM LSE-2. The tank landing ship never saw active service with the United States Navy. She was returned by the United Kingdom on 21 May 1946 and she was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 29 October 1946.
On 20 August 1947 she was sold to Argentina as ARA Ingeniero Gadda (Q-22) and served that government until she was decommissioned on 25 August 1960. She was sold by the Argentine Navy in 1968 to Bottachi S. A. (Argentina), for trade between Argentina and Brazil, after which time she was renamed MV Tierra Del Fuego.
References
- {{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/l10/lst-82.htm}}
- {{cite web|title=LST-82 / ARL-6|work=Amphibious Photo Archive|url=http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/19/1906.htm|access-date=23 April 2007}}
{{Achelous class repair ship}}
{{LST-1 class tank landing ship|state=collapsed}}
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Category:Achelous-class repair ships
Category:Achelous-class repair ships converted from LST-1-class ships
Category:Ships built in Jeffersonville, Indiana
Category:World War II auxiliary ships of the United Kingdom
Category:Ships transferred from the United States Navy to the Royal Navy