<li ng-repeat="a in idmasVesselstableList"><a>{{a.table_name}}</a></li>

angular
  .module('myApp')
  .controller('idmasCtrl', ['$scope', function($scope) {

      $scope.idmasVesselstableList = [{"table_name":"api_574_structural_thickness"},{"table_name":"api_574_structural_thickness_rev_history"},{"table_name":"cml"},{"table_name":"cml_rev_history"},{"table_name":"cml_types"},{"table_name":"cml_types_rev_history"},{"table_name":"damage_mechanism"},{"table_name":"damage_mechanism_list"},{"table_name":"damage_mechanism_list_rev_history"},{"table_name":"damage_mechanism_rev_history"},{"table_name":"equipment"},{"table_name":"equipment_rev_history"},{"table_name":"inspection"},{"table_name":"inspection_rev_history"},{"table_name":"inspection_statuses"},{"table_name":"inspection_statuses_rev_history"},{"table_name":"remediation_statuses"},{"table_name":"remediation_statuses_rev_history"},{"table_name":"statuses"},{"table_name":"statuses_rev_history"}];

  }])

angular
  .module('myApp')
  .controller('idmasCtrl', ['$scope', function($scope) {
      xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
      xmlhttp.open("GET","/getvesselstablelist.js", true);
      xmlhttp.onreadystatechange=function(){
         if (xmlhttp.readyState==4 && xmlhttp.status==200){
           string=xmlhttp.responseText;
           $scope.idmasVesselstableList = JSON.parse(string);
         }
       }
  xmlhttp.send();
}])