History | |
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United States | |
Name | USS LSM-115 |
Builder | Brown Ship Building Co., Houston, Texas |
Launched | 11 November 1944 |
Commissioned | 2 December 1944 |
Decommissioned | 19 June 1946 |
Nickname(s) | Super Mouse |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | LSM-1-class Landing Ship Medium |
Displacement |
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Length | 203 ft 6 in (62.03 m) o/a |
Beam | 34 ft 6 in (10.52 m) |
Draft |
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Propulsion |
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Speed | 13.2 knots (24.4 km/h; 15.2 mph) |
Range | 4,900 nmi (9,100 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Capacity | 5 medium or 3 heavy tanks, or 6 LVTs, or 9 DUKWs |
Troops | 2 officers, 46 enlisted |
Complement | 5 officers, 54 enlisted |
Armament |
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Armor | 10-lb. STS splinter shield to gun mounts, pilot house and conning station |
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Built by the Brown Ship Building Co., Houston, Texas, the ship was commissioned on 2 December 1944.
During World War II LSM-115 was assigned to service in China. Decommissioned on 19 June 1946, she was later sold to Charles Weaver & Co. of Detroit, MI. on 29 December 1946 and converted to a barge.
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