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Unit USS Krishna (ARL-38) Unit Page
Rank Petty Officer Third Class
NEC HM-0000-Hospital Corpsman
Base, Station or City Phu Quoc IslandState/Country Vietnam, South (Vietnam)
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Achelous Class Landing Craft Repair Ship :
LST-1149 was reclassified ARL-38 14 August 1944
Laid down, 23 February 1945, at Chicago Bridge and Iron Co., Seneca IL.
Launched, 25 May 1945
Placed in reduced commission as USS Krishna (ARL-38) for transit to her conversion yard at Mobile AL., 6 June 1945, LT. Lyle E. Brown USN in command
Decommissioned, 16 June 1945, at Mobile, AL.
Fully commissioned, 3 December 1945, LT. Lyle E. Brown USN in command.
During the Vietnam War USS Krishna (ARL-38) participated in the following campaigns:
Vietnam Service Medal
Campaigns and Dates
Campaigns and Dates
Vietnamese Counteroffensive-Phase V
21 September to 1 November 1968
Vietnamese Counteroffensive-Phase IV
2 April to 16 April 1968
Vietnamese Defense
16 September to 3 December 1965
11 December to 24 December 1965
Vietnamese Counteroffensive-Phase VI
2 November to 10 November 1968
Vietnamese Counteroffensive
25 December 1965 to 30 June 1966
Vietnam Summer-Fall 1969
30 June to 31 October 1969
Vietnamese Counteroffensive-Phase II
1 July to 22 July 1966
6 October 1966
1 April to 14 April 1967
Vietnam Winter-Spring1970
1 November to 10 November 1969
4 January 1970
Vietnamese Counteroffensive-Phase III
1 November 1967 to 29 January 1968
Vietnamese Counteroffensive-Phase VII
31 December 1970 to 20 March 1971
30 May to 30 June 1971
Tet Counteroffensive
30 January to 1 April 1968
Consolidation I
1 July to 9 October 1971
Decommissioned, 30 October 1971 at Subic Bay P.I.
Struck from the Naval Register, 30 October 1971
USS Krishna earned the Vietnam Service Medal with twelve campaign stars for Vietnam War service
Sold to the Republic of the Philippines, 30 October 1971, renamed BRP Narra (AR-38)
Final Disposition, fate unknown
Specifications :
Displacement 2,220 t.(lt) 3,960 t.(fl) 4,840 t.(lim)
Length 327'9"
Beam 50'1½"
Draft 16'2" (fully loaded)
Speed 10 kts.
Complement
Officers 21
Enlisted 232
Ship's Boats two 36' LCVP
Cranes
one 25 Ton Fixed Kingpost Crane
one 5 Ton Bridge Gantry Crane
Armament
two MK2 Mod 18 quad 40mm AA gun mounts w/Mk. 51 directors
two Gun Directors MK5 Mod2
six .50 cal. Machine Guns
two Stinger Firing Stations
Fuel Capacity 4,715Bbls
Propulsion
two General Motors 12-567A Detroit Twelve Cylinder Diesel Engines, combined horsepower 1800
single Falk Main Reduction Gears
Ship's Service Generators
four Diesel-drive 100Kw 120V/240V A.C.
five Diesel-drive 100Kw 450V D.C.
two fixed pitch 7' bronze propellers
twin rudders
Type
Surface Vessel
Parent Unit
Archelous-class
Strength
Tender/ Repair Ship
Created/Owned By
YN Pierson, Al (USview, NTWS Chief Admin ), YN2 7752
Last Updated: Jan 5, 2019