abstract | - USS LSM(R)-194 was a LSM(R)-188 class Landing Ship Medium (Rocket) of the United States Navy during World War II, which took part in the Battle of Okinawa. LSM(R)-194 was laid down at the Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, South Carolina on 21 November 1944. The ship was under the command of Lt.jg Allen M. Hirshberg, USNR. Sunk on 4 May 1945 when hit by Japanese suicide plane while on radar picket duty.
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