Indra

Name: Indra

Date Sunk: 1992

Size: 328 x 50 x 14

Type: Landing craft repair ship

Cause: artificial reef program

Depth: 65’

Charter: Inshore, 1 hour from inlet

History:

USS Indra (ARL-37) is an Achelous class landing craft repair ship. She was laid down February of 1945. The Indra went to Tsingtao on 2-19-1947 to support Marines quelling volatile Chinese and protect American lives and property. She performed repair and general services until August of that year. She also served in Vietnam in 1968 as a tender and a floating base. In 1992 she was sunk as part of the NC artificial reef program.

The Indra sits up right. The bow and the stern are the only two intact pieces, the middle over the decades has fallen apart. Because of the decay of the wreck, it hosts many different species from Atlantic sand tiger sharks, stingrays, Seabass, grunts, oyster toads all the way to more exotic species, such as sunfish, manta rays, and whale sharks that will show up on occasion. There are many other structures that surround the wreck such as sailboats, concrete pipes, a barge, aircraft, and even natural ledge systems. For those with eyes for macro species this wreck often harbors, nudis, octopus, and many other species in the nooks and crannies of the wreckage