LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium
- LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium
The "LSM-1" Class Landing Ship Medium commenced with the construction of LSM-1 on 5 May 1944 and continued on through the construction and commissioning of LSM-500 on 17 May 1945.
This class was replaced, starting with LSM(R)-501 on 24 March 1945, with the LSM(R)-501 Class Landing Ship which contained rocket launching equipment.
ee also
* Landing craft
References
External links
* [http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/14/14001.htm NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive LSM-1]
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