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LSM1 medium landing ships (1944-1945/1960)


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LSM3 1969

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
LSM1 (ex-LSM329)     Pullman Standard Car, Chicago, USA 1944 1944 10.1944 // 1960 accommodation ship 1976
LSM2 (ex-LSM331)     Pullman Standard Car, Chicago, USA 6/1944 13.10.1944 11.1944 // 1960 accommodation ship 1976
LSM3 (ex-LSM343)     Pullman Standard Car, Chicago, USA 1944 1945 2.1945 // 1960 stricken 1974


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

930

Displacement full, t1095
Length, m

59.9 wl 62.0 oa

Breadth, m

10.5

Draught, m

landing: 1.07 fore, 2.13 aft

No of shafts2
Machinery

4 General Motors diesels

Power, h. p.

2800

Max speed, kts

12.5

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)4900 (12)
Armament

1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1

Military load

5 medium or 3 heavy tanks or 6 LVT or 9 DUKW, 48 - 54 marines

Electronic equipmentnav. radar
Complement60


Standard scale images


LSM1<i> </i>1963
LSM1 1963


Graphics


LSM3 1969
LSM3 1969


Project history

USN LSM-type medium landing ships.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.