
Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945
USS LSM-87
- 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: 6 20mm
- Capacity: 5 medium or 3 heavy tanks (150 tons max. payload, beaching); or 6 LVTs or 9 DUKWs; 54 troops
- Complement: 4 officers, 48 enlisted
- Built at Brown Shipbuilding, Houston, Tex., and commissioned 15 October 1944
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Last updated:
9 January 2003