USS ''LSM(R)–519'' was an , a type of amphibious assault ship in the United States Navy. She was originally projected as ''LSM-519'' and was laid down on 28 April 1945 by the Brown Shipbuilding Co., Inc., in

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. She was launched on 2 June 1945 and commissioned on 28 July.

Service history

Following preliminary shakedown off

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, ''LSM(R)–519'', steamed to

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, thence to Little Creek, Virginia, for completion of training. On 23 October she departed Little Creek for Troy, New York, where she conducted Navy Day activities. By 1 November she was back in the tidewater area and on the 5th she sailed south. She arrived at the

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Florida Reserve Berthing Area on 9 November. In March 1946 she was decommissioned. Renamed the ''Powder River'' on 1 October 1955, after the

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in Wyoming and Montana. The LSM(R) remained in the Florida Group, Atlantic Reserve Fleet until struck from the Navy List on 1 October 1958.

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External links

Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
Ships built in Houston World War II amphibious warfare vessels of the United States LSM(R)-501-class medium landing ships 1945 ships {{US-mil-ship-stub