USS LSM-149
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Name | USS LSM-149 |
Builder | Charleston Navy Yard |
Laid down | 4 May 1944 |
Launched | 27 May 1944 |
Commissioned | 8 July 1944 |
Fate | Damaged, 5 December or 14 December 1944; Declared total loss |
Decommissioned | 15 April 1945 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | LSM-1-class landing ship medium |
Displacement |
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Length | 203 ft 6 in (62.0 m) |
Beam | 34 ft 6 in (10.52 m) |
Draft |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 13.2 knots (24.4 km/h) (max.), (928 tons displacement) |
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Capacity | 5 medium or 3 heavy tanks, or 6 LVT's, or 9 DUKW's |
Troops | 2 officers, 46 enlisted |
Complement | 5 officers, 54 enlisted |
Armament | 5 × 20 mm AA guns |
Armor | 10-lb. STS splinter shield to gun mounts, pilot house and conning station |
USS LSM-149 was a LSM-1-class landing ship medium built for the U.S. Navy in World War II. Like most ships of her class, she was not named and known only by her designation.
LSM-149 was laid down at the Charleston Navy Yard on 4 May 1944, and was launched 27 May 1944. She was commissioned along with sister ship on 8 July 1944 by Rear Admiral Jules James,[1] with Lt. Ezra D Woodbury, USNR, in command.
Assigned to the Pacific Theatre, LSM-149 was damaged and breached while attempting to recover a barge in heavy surf off Sansapor, New Guinea on 30–31 July 1944. LSM-149 was grounded off the Philippines on 5 December 1944. (According to the United States Navy this happened on 14 December 1944, but her fate has also been reported as on 5 December 1944.) She was declared a total loss, and decommissioned on 15 April 1945.
References[]
- ^ Priolo, Gary P. (2004-05-28). "USS LSM-148 and USS LSM-149 Christening". NavSource Online. NavSource Naval History. Retrieved 2007-12-06.
- Priolo, Gary P. (2004-05-28). "LSM-149". NavSource Online. NavSource Naval History. Retrieved 2007-12-06.
- Ships built in Charleston, South Carolina
- World War II amphibious warfare vessels of the United States
- World War II shipwrecks in the Pacific Ocean
- 1944 ships
- LSM-1-class landing ships medium
- Maritime incidents in December 1944
- United States naval ship stubs