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:
Troops: 54 troops
Complement: 4 officers, 54 enlisted
Armament:

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.


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