Landing Ship Medium - LSM(R)-401 Class Landing Ship Medium (Rocket)

LSM(R)-401 Class Landing Ship Medium (Rocket)


USS LSM(R)-409 underway off San Diego, California on 25 February 1954
General characteristics
Class & type: LSM-401(R) class Landing Ship Medium (Rocket)
Displacement: 1,175 long tons (1,194 t) loaded
Length: 203 ft 6 in (62.03 m)
Beam: 34 ft (10 m)
Draft: 7 ft 9 in (2.36 m)
Propulsion: GM Cleveland diesel engines, 2,800 shp (2,088 kW), direct drive, 2 screws
Speed: 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Range: 5,000 nmi (9,300 km) at 7 kn (13 km/h; 8.1 mph)
Complement: 6 officers, 137 enlisted
Armament: • 1 × 5"/38 caliber guns
• 2 × 40 mm AA guns
• 4 × 20 mm AA guns
• 4 × 4.2 in (110 mm) mortars
• 8-10 × continuous loading 5-inch (130 mm) Ship-to-Shore rocket launchers
  • USS Big Black River (LSM(R)-401), later reclassified (LFR-401)
  • USS Big Horn River (LSM(R)-402)
  • USS Blackstone River (LSM(R)-403)
  • USS Black Warrior River (LSM(R)-404), later reclassified (LFR-404)
  • USS Broadkill River (LSM(R)-405), later reclassified (LFR-405)
  • USS Canadian River (LSM(R)-406)
  • USS Chariton River (LSM(R)-407)
  • USS Charles River (LSM(R)-408)
  • USS Clarion River (LSM(R)-409), later reclassified (LFR-409)
  • USS Clark Fork River (LSM(R)-410)
  • USS Cumberland River (LSM(R)-411)
  • USS Desplaines River (LSM(R)-412), later reclassified (LFR-412)


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