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| rdfs:comment | - Landing Ship Medium were amphibious assault ships of the United States Navy in the World War II. Of comparable size to Landing Ship, Tank and the Landing Craft, Infantry, there were 558 LSM (Landing Ship, Medium) made for the USN between 1944 and 1945. The majority of vessels built on this versatile frame were regular transports however there were several dozen that were converted during construction for specialized roles. Most vessels of this type were scrapped during the Cold War, but several were sold by the United States Department of Defense to foreign nations or private shipping companies.
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| Ship range | |
| Ship displacement | - empty
- loaded
- LSM-188 to LSM-195 :
- LSM-196 to LSM-199 :
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| Ship armament | - 2
- • 1 × 5"/38 caliber gun
- • 20 × continuous loading Ship-to-Shore rocket launchers
- LSM-188 to LSM-195 :
- LSM-196 to LSM-199 :
- • 8-10 × continuous loading Ship-to-Shore rocket launchers
- • 1 × 5"/38 caliber guns
- • 2 × 40 mm AA guns
- • 3 × 20 mm AA guns
- • 30 × 6-rail Mk. 30 rocket launchers
- • 4 × mortars
- • 4 × 20 mm AA guns
- • 4 × 40 mm AA guns
- • 75 × 4-rail Mk. 36 rocket launchers
- • 8 × 20 mm AA guns
- • 85 × Mk. 51 automatic rocket launchers
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| Ship capacity | |
| Ship draft | - aft
- forward
- Full load :
- Landing :
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| Ship propulsion | - Fairbanks-Morse or GM Cleveland diesel engines, , direct drive, 2 screws
- GM Cleveland diesel engines, , direct drive, 2 screws
- Fairbanks-Morse diesel engines, , direct drive, 2 screws
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| Ship class | - Gypsy-class Salvage Lifting Vessels
- LSM-1 class Landing Ship Medium
- LSM-188 class Landing Ship Medium
- LSM-401 class Landing Ship Medium
- LSM-501 class Landing Ship Medium
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| Ship caption | - --02-25
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- USS LSM-437 underway after World War II
- USS Pee Dee River underway in 1954
- underway at Houston, Texas, in 1946
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| abstract | - Landing Ship Medium were amphibious assault ships of the United States Navy in the World War II. Of comparable size to Landing Ship, Tank and the Landing Craft, Infantry, there were 558 LSM (Landing Ship, Medium) made for the USN between 1944 and 1945. The majority of vessels built on this versatile frame were regular transports however there were several dozen that were converted during construction for specialized roles. Most vessels of this type were scrapped during the Cold War, but several were sold by the United States Department of Defense to foreign nations or private shipping companies. Only one LSM, USS LSM-45 is known to still exist in its original configuration. It is in storage at Marine Station Camp Lejeune in Jacksonville, NC. It was slated to become the centerpiece of the Museum of the Marine, but due to changed plans, is now in danger of being scrapped or sunk as an artificial reef.
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