The third USS ''Raritan'' (LSM-540) was a in the
United States Navy following
World War II. She was named for a
river in
New Jersey.
Service history
''Raritan'' was laid down on 10 May 1945 at
Brown Shipbuilding
The Brown Shipbuilding Company was founded in Houston, Texas, in 1942 as a subsidiary of Brown and Root (now KBR) by brothers Herman and George R. Brown to build ships for the U.S. Navy during World War II. Brown Shipbuilding Company ranked 68th ...
Company,
Houston, Texas, launched in August 1945, commissioned as USS ''LSM-540'' on 6 December 1945. She was decommissioned on 29 May 1946, at
Green Cove Springs, Florida and laid up in the
Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Florida Group, Green Cove Springs.
Recommissioned on 4 November 1957, she was renamed USS ''Raritan'' (LSM-540) on 14 October 1959, then decommissioned on 1 December 1959 at
Norfolk, Virginia
Norfolk ( ) is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. Incorporated in 1705, it had a population of 238,005 at the 2020 census, making it the third-most populous city in Virginia after neighboring Virginia Be ...
, and struck from the
Naval Vessel Register on 1 January 1960.
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Ships built in Houston
1945 ships
LSM-1-class landing ships medium
Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Green Cove Springs Group