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List Of United States Navy Landing Ship Medium (LSMs)
This is a list of Landing Ship Medium (LSMs) built by the United States Navy The United States Navy (USN) is the maritime service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the eight uniformed services of the United States. It is the largest and most powerful navy in the world, with the estimated tonnage .... List of ''LSM-1''-class ships * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * USS ''Oceanside'' (LSM-175) * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Landing Ship Medium
Landing Ship Medium (LSM) were amphibious assault ships of the United States Navy in World War II. Of a size between that of Landing Ships Tank (LST) and Landing Craft Infantry (LCI), 558 LSMs were built for the USN between 1944 and 1945. The majority of vessels built on this frame were regular transports, while several dozen were converted during construction to specialized roles. Most LSMs were scrapped during the Cold War, but several were sold by the United States Department of Defense to foreign nations or private shipping companies. ''LSM-1''-class Landing Ship Medium (Transport) List of ''LSM-1''-class ships In total 558 LSM ships were launched. The following include notable examples: ''LSM(R)-188''-class Landing Ship Medium (Rocket) * * * * * * * * * * * * ''LSM(R)-401''-class Landing Ship Medium (Rocket) * (LSM(R)-401), later reclassified (LFR-401) * (LSM(R)-402) * (LSM(R)-403) * (LSM(R)-404), later reclassified (LFR-404) * ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Targeteer
USS ''Targeteer'' was an originally projected as ''LSM-508''. The landing craft was reclassified as ''LSM(R)-508'' in February 1945 and laid down on 31 March 1945 at Houston, TX, by the Brown Shipbuilding Corporation. Launched on 28 April 1945, ''LSM(R)-508'' was commissioned at Houston on 25 June 1945. Service history Landing ship medium (rocket), 1945–1947 ''LSM(R)-508'' departed Houston on 30 June and arrived at Galveston, TX, the same day to begin fitting out. She got underway again on 5 July and arrived at Charleston, SC, five days later, to receive her rocket launchers and undergo alterations. The landing ship shifted to Little Creek, VA, on 31 July. During her shakedown, conducted from 1 to 15 August 1945, Japan capitulated, ending the war in the Pacific. ''LSM(R)-508'' operated out of Little Creek, off the Virginia Capes, and in the Caribbean, conducting training there out of San Juan, Puerto Rico, and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, into 1946. Returning to Little Creek on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Greenbrier River
USS ''LSM(R)-507'' was laid down on 31 March 1945 by the Brown Shipbuilding Company in Houston, Texas and launched on 28 April 1945. She was commissioned by the United States Navy on 22 June 1945. Service history Departing Houston on 27 June, ''LSM(R)-507'' steamed via Galveston, Texas to Charleston, South Carolina, where she arrived on 7 July. From 28 to 30 July she sailed to Little Creek, Virginia, for training in Chesapeake Bay and along the Virginia coast. Assigned to LSMR Squadron 4, she departed Little Creek on 4 October for the Great Lakes. She touched at Halifax, Quebec and Montreal and arrived at Rochester, New York, on 16 October. During the next three weeks she sailed to Detroit and Chicago before returning to Rochester on 1 November and Little Creek on 17 November. During the next two months ''LSM(R)-507'' continued operations out of Little Creek. She departed on 29 January 1946, for operations off San Juan, Puerto Rico and later out of Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. She r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
