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.
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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 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 |
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94k | USS LSM(R)-533 moored with USS LCI(G)-573 and an unidentified LCI, date and location unknown. | Lou Meyer to the USS LSM / LSMR Association | |
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80k | USS LSM(R)-533 moored pierside, date and location unknown. | USS LSM / LSMR Association | |
USS LSM(R)-533 / USS Snake River (LSMR-533)
Dictionary of American Navy Fighting Ships (DANFS)
Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
USS LSM-LSMR Association
Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
USS LSM(R)-533 Commissioning Program
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