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History
United States
NameUSS LSM-17
BuilderBrown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, Texas
Laid down10 April 1944
Launched7 May 1944
Commissioned14 June 1944
Decommissioned22 July 1946
Stricken15 November 1974
Honors and
awards
1 battle star (Okinawa, 1945)
Fate
  • Laid up, 1946
  • Loaned to France, 1 April 1954
France
AcquiredOn loan, 1 April 1954
Fate
  • Returned to U.S. Navy, 14 October 1956
  • Loaned to South Korea, 18 October 1956
South Korea
Acquired
  • On loan, 18 October 1956
  • Bought outright, 15 November 1974
General characteristics [1]
Class and typeLSM-1-class landing ship medium
Displacement
  • 530 long tons (539 t) light
  • 900 long tons (914 t) fully loaded
Length203 ft 6 in (62.03 m) o/a
Beam34 ft (10 m)
Draft
  • Landing :
  • 3 ft 6 in (1.07 m) forward
  • 7 ft 8 in (2.34 m) aft
  • Full load :
  • 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) forward
  • 8 ft 3 in (2.51 m) aft
PropulsionFairbanks-Morse diesel engines, 2,800 shp (2,088 kW), direct drive, 2 screws
Speed13.3 knots (24.6 km/h; 15.3 mph)
Range5,000 nmi (9,300 km) at 7 kn (13 km/h; 8.1 mph)
Capacity
Troops54 troops
Complement4 officers, 54 enlisted
Armament

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.[2] During the remainder of World War II, it served in the Pacific.

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References

  1. ^ "Landing Ship Medium LSM-17". navsource.org. 2010. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
  2. ^ 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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