
Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945
LSM(R)-520
- LSM(R)-401 class Landing Ship, Medium (Rocket):
- Displacement: 1,175 tons (loaded)
- Length: 203'6"'
- Beam: 34''
- Draft: 7'9"
- Speed: 13 knots (max, loaded)
- Armament: 1 5"/38 DP, 2x2 40mm, 4x2 20mm, 4 4.2" mortars, 20 continues loading 5" SS rocket launchers
- Complement: 6 officers, 137 enlisted
- GM diesel direct drive, twin screws
- Converted while building from LSMs
- Built at Brown Shipbuilding, Houston, Tex., and commissioned 31 July 1945
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Last updated:
2 April 2003