USS LSM-236

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US flag 48 stars.svgUnited States
NameUSS LSM-236
Builder Western Pipe and Steel Company, San Pedro, California
Launched4 July 1944
Commissioned2 September 1944
Decommissioned15 July 1946
Recommissioned8 September 1950
Decommissioned17 October 1955
Honors and
awards
1 battle star (Korea)
FateTransferred to the Philippines, 15 September 1960
Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines
NameRPS Batanes (L-65)
Acquired15 September 1960
FateScrapped, 1972
General characteristics
Class and typeLSM-1-class Landing Ship Medium
Displacement
  • 520 long tons (528 t) light
  • 743 long tons (755 t) landing
  • 1,095 long tons (1,113 t) full
Length203 ft 6 in (62.03 m) o/a
Beam34 ft 6 in (10.52 m)
Draft
  • Light :
  • 3 ft 6 in (1.07 m) forward
  • 7 ft 8 in (2.34 m) aft
  • Fully loaded :
  • 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) forward
  • 8 ft 3 in (2.51 m) aft
Propulsion
Speed13.2 knots (24.4 km/h; 15.2 mph)
Range4,900 nmi (9,100 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Capacity5 medium or 3 heavy tanks, or 6 LVTs, or 9 DUKWs
Troops2 officers, 46 enlisted
Complement5 officers, 54 enlisted
Armament
Armor10-lb. STS splinter shield to gun mounts, pilot house and conning station

USS LSM-236 was a LSM-1-class Landing Ship Medium of the United States Navy that saw active service in World War II and the Korean War.

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Built by the Western Pipe and Steel Company, San Pedro, California, the ship was commissioned on 2 September 1944.

Service history

During World War II LSM-236 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater, and following the war performed occupation duty in the Far East. Decommissioned on 15 July 1946 she was laid up in the Reserve Fleet.

LSM-236 was recommissioned on 8 September 1950 for service in the Korean War, and decommissioned on 17 October 1955 at Astoria, Oregon.

Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group, Astoria, she was struck from the Naval Register, and transferred to the Philippines on 15 September 1960, serving as RPS Batanes (L-65). Batanes ran aground and declared a total loss in June 1971, and was scrapped in 1972.

Awards, citations and campaign ribbons

LSM-236 earned one battle star for Korean War service.

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