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United States | |
Name | USS LSM-17 |
Builder | Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, Texas |
Laid down | 10 April 1944 |
Launched | 7 May 1944 |
Commissioned | 14 June 1944 |
Decommissioned | 22 July 1946 |
Stricken | 15 November 1974 |
Honors and awards | 1 battle star (Okinawa, 1945) |
Fate |
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France | |
Acquired | On loan, 1 April 1954 |
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South Korea | |
Acquired |
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General characteristics | |
Class and type | LSM-1-class landing ship medium |
Displacement |
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Length | 203 ft 6 in (62.03 m) o/a |
Beam | 34 ft (10 m) |
Draft |
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Propulsion | Fairbanks-Morse diesel engines, 2,800 shp (2,088 kW), direct drive, 2 screws |
Speed | 13.3 knots (24.6 km/h; 15.3 mph) |
Range | 5,000 nmi (9,300 km) at 7 kn (13 km/h; 8.1 mph) |
Capacity |
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Troops | 54 troops |
Complement | 4 officers, 54 enlisted |
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The USS LSM-17 was a LSM-1-class landing ship medium of the United States Navy, commissioned at Brown Shipyards in Houston, Texas, on 14 June 1944. During the remainder of World War II, it served in the Pacific.
References
- "Landing Ship Medium LSM-17". navsource.org. 2010. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
- William John Stevenson (AFC 2001/001/24632), Unit History (MS01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.
Further reading
- Stevenson, William J., and Wendy Stevenson Clem. 2001. Lucky 17: Narratives from an LSM Crew as Part of the Amphibious Navy Fleet During WWII. Roseville, MI: CNC Systems, Inc.
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