USS LSM-17

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 &; 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
Class & 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;

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.

References

^ "Landing Ship Medium LSM-17". NavSource. 2010. Retrieved 3 July 2012.
^ William John Stevenson (AFC 2001/001/24632), Unit History (MS01), Veterans History Project Collection, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress.