USS LSM-20
USS LSM-20 was a LSM-1-class landing ship medium of the United States Navy, commissioned at Brown Shipyards in Houston, Texas, on 16 June 1944.[1] During WWII, she operated in the Pacific. On 5 December 1944, the vessel sunk after she was hit by a Japanese kamikaze in the Surigao Strait in the Philippines. Five sailors were killed and another nine were wounded.
History | |
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Name: | USS LSM-20 |
Ordered: | 15 September 1943 |
Builder: | Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, Texas |
Laid down: | 24 April 1944 |
Launched: | 14 May 1944 |
Commissioned: | 16 June 1944 |
Stricken: | 20 January 1945 |
Honors and awards: | 1 battle star |
Fate: | Sunk 5 December 1944 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | LSM-1-class landing ship medium |
Displacement: | |
Length: | 203 ft 6 in (62.03 m) |
Beam: | 34 ft 6 in (10.52 m) |
Draft: |
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Speed: | 13.2 knots (24.4 km/h; 15.2 mph) max. |
References
- "USS LSM 20 (LSM 20) of the US Navy - American Medium landing ship of the LSM class - Allied Warships of WWII". uboat.net. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
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