page_title: USS Indra (ARL-37)
hierarchical_section_title: USS Indra (ARL-37)
caption_attribution_description: English: USS Indra (ARL-37) underway, circa 1960s. US Navy photo # NH 97353 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.
context_page_description: USS Indra (ARL-37) was one of 39 Achelous-class landing craft repair ships built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named for Indra, she was the only US Naval vessel to bear the name, and only one of three ships to be named after a Hindu deity.
context_section_description: USS Indra (ARL-37) was one of 39 Achelous-class landing craft repair ships built for the United States Navy during World War II. Named for Indra (the god of weather and war, and lord of Svargaloka in Hinduism), she was the only US Naval vessel to bear the name, and only one of three ships (along with USS Krishna and the Civil War era gunboat USS Varuna) to be named after a Hindu deity.
caption: USS Indra (ARL-37), underway c. 1960s
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