USS LSM-17

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.

History
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:	Laid up, 1946 Loaned to France, 1 April 1954
France
Acquired:	On 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 type:	LSM-1-class landing ship medium
Displacement:	530 long tons (539 t) light 900 long tons (914 t) fully loaded
Length:	203 ft 6 in (62.03 m) o/a
Beam:	34 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
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:	Either 5 × medium tanks or 3 × heavy tanks (150 tons max. payload, beaching) or 6 × LVTs or 9 × DUKWs
Troops:	54 troops
Complement:	4 officers, 54 enlisted
Armament:	2 × 40 mm AA guns 4 × 20 mm AA guns

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.