
Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945
USS LSM-15
- LSM-1 class Landing Ship, Medium:
- Displacement: 900 tons (loaded)
- Length: 203'6"
- Beam: 34'
- Draft: 6'11" forward, 3'5" aft (landing); 4'5" forward, 7'11" aft (full load)
- Speed: 13.3 knots
- Armament: 1x2 40mm, 4 20mm
- Capacity: 5 medium or 3 heavy tanks (150 tons max. payload, beaching); or 6 LVTs or 9 DUKWs; 54 troops
- Complement: 4 officers, 54 enlisted
- Fairbanks-Morse Diesel or G.M. Cleveland Diesel direct drive, 2,800 hp.
- Built at Brown, Houston, and commissioned 2 June 1944
: 9 Oct 45; typhoon at Okinawa
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Last updated:
January 12, 2000