USS LSM-297

USS LSM-297 was a LSM-1-class medium landing ship built for the United States Navy during World War II.

LSM-45 Sister ship of LSM-297 underway in San Diego Bay, May 1956
History
United States
Name:	USS LSM-297
Builder:	Charleston Navy Yard, South Carolina
Laid down:	5 October 1944
Launched:	30 October 1944
Commissioned:	18 December 1944
Decommissioned:	4 November 1957
Fate:	Sold for scrapping November 1958
Class and type:	LSM-1-class Landing Ship Medium
Displacement:	520 long tons (528 t) empty 1,095 long tons (1,113 t) full load
Length:	203 ft 6 in (62.03 m)
Beam:	34 ft 6 in (10.52 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:	2 Fairbanks-Morse diesel engines, 2,800 shp (2,088 kW), direct drive, 2 screws
Speed:	13.2 knots (24.4 km/h; 15.2 mph)
Range:	4,900 nmi (9,100 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Capacity:	5 × medium tanks or 3 × heavy tanks or 6 × LVTs or 9 × DUKWs
Troops:	2 officers, 46 enlisted
Complement:	5 officers, 54 enlisted
Armament:	1 × single 40 mm AA gun 4 × single 20 mm AA guns

Career

USS LSM-297 was laid down on 5 October 1944 at Charleston Navy Yard in South Carolina and was launched on 30 October 1944. She was commissioned on 18 December 1944, LTjg. Gilbert A. Harre, USNR, in command.[1]

During World War II LSM-297 was assigned to the Pacific Theater. She was decommissioned on 4 November 1957 at Astoria, Oregon, and sold for scrapping in November 1958.[1]

References

1. "LSM-297". Navsource. Retrieved 28 October 2019.