LSM(R) Specifications:
Displacement 758 t.(light), 993 t. (attack) 1,175 t. (fully loaded)
Length 206' 3"
Beam 34' 6"
Draft light, 5' 4" (mean), attack 6' 9" (mean), fully loaded 7' 9" (mean)
Speed 13 kts.
Complement 6 officers, 137 enlisted
Ship's Service Generators
four Diesel-drive 100Kw 450V A.C.
two Diesel-drive 20Kw 120V D.C.
| Click On Image For Full Size Image |
Size | Image Description | Contributed By |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
 |
57k | USS LSM(R)-523 at anchor, date and location unknown. | Jeff Naiser for his father Nick Naiser USS LSM(R)-523 |
|
 |
45k | USS LSM(R)-523 and USS LSM(R)-522 moored together, circa 1944-45, in the Chesapeake Bay. Photo by Nick Neiser USS LSMR-523 |
USS LSM / LSMR Association | |
 |
60k | USS LSM(R)-523 under way in the Chesapeake Bay, date unknown. Photo by John A McDonald from USS LSM(R)-524. | Mark McDonald for his father John A. McDonald S1/c USS LSM(R)-524 | |
 |
95k | USS LSM(R)-523, USS LSM(R)-524, USS LSM(R)-525, USS LSM(R)-527, USS LSM(R)-526 and USS LSM(R)-519 at anchor in a nest of six LSMRs at Green Cove Springs, FL, January 1946. The deck log entry of LSM(R)-524 for January 1946 indicates the following: "Moored at Berth Oak 31, St. John's River, Green Cove Springs, Fla. in 14 feet of water, mud bottom, with 35 fathoms of chain to bow anchor, 300 feet of cable to the stern anchor and moored port side to the USS LSM(R) 523 moored to the starboard side, the starboard side to the USS LSM (R) 525 moored to the port, port side to, USS LSM (R) 527 moored to the USS LSM (R) 525, USS LSM (R) 526 moored to LSM (R) 527, USS LSM (R) 519 moored to starboard side of USS LSM (R) 526 on the following Bridge bearing 166 (T), North End of bridge 068 (T), tower 219 (T) with the following machinery in operation #1 ship service generator, #1 boiler, #2 refrigerator, #2 fresh water pump, #2 fire and flushing pump, #2 air compressor" |
Photo submitted by Donald Tourville USS LSMR-528 Log Entry submitted by Mark McDonald for his father John A. McDonald S1/c USS LSM(R)-524 |
|
 |
58k | Seventeen LSM(R)s at Green Cove Springs, FL. during Operation "Zipper", the process of decommissioning the fleet, commonly called "mothballing", March 1946.
From front to back: USS LSM(R)-519 USS LSM(R)-526, USS LSM(R)-527, USS LSM(R)-525, USS LSM(R)-524, (See Deck Log entry below) USS LSM(R)-529, USS LSM(R)-521, USS LSM(R)-528, USS LSM(R)-522, USS LSM(R)-531, USS LSM(R)-536, USS LSM(R)-535, USS LSM(R)-534, USS LSM(R)-520, USS LSM(R)-533, USS LSM(R)-530, USS LSM(R)-523, The USS LSM(R)-524 Deck Log states during the month of March 1946 Moored in Birth Oak 31, St. Johns River Green Cove Springs. Fla. Anchorage in 14 feet of water, mud bottom with 65 fathoms of chain to bow anchor and 495 feet of cable to the stern anchor. Nested with LSM (R) type ships: 523, 530, 533, 520, 534, 535, 536, 531, 522, 528, 521, and 529, moored to our starboard numbering from inboard to outboard. LSM(R) type ships: 525, 527, 526, and 519, moored to our port numbering from inboard to outboard , on the following bearing: bridge opening 180 .5 (T), signal tower 235 (T), pt. of land 336 (T). The following machinery in operation: #1 generator, #1 evaporator, #2 fire & flushing pumps, #2 fresh water pumps, #2 refrigeration unit. | Robert Hanle to the USS LSM / LSMR Association Log Entry submitted by Mark McDonald for his father John A. McDonald S1/c USS LSM(R)-524 |
|
USS LSM(R)-523 / USS (Republican River (LSMR-523)
Dictionary of American Navy Fighting Ships (DANFS)
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
USS LSM-LSMR Association
| Back To The Navsource Photo Archives Main Page | Back To The Amphibious Ship Type Index | Back To The Landing Ship Medium (LSM) Photo Index |
| Comments, Suggestions, E-mail Webmaster. |
This page is created and maintained by Gary P. Priolo
|