USS LSM-216

USS "LSM-216" was a sclass|LSM-1|landing ship medium built for the U.S. Navy during World War II. Like many of her class, she was not named and is properly referred to by her hull designation.

"LSM-216" was laid down by the Dravo Corporation of Wilmington, Delaware; launched on an unknown date; and commissioned on 29 July 1944.

During World War II "LSM-216" was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima in February 1945. In the film "To the Shores of Iwo Jima", "LSM-216" can be seen in action just off Yellow Beach [cite web | url = http://www.american-divisions.com/doc.asp?documentid=2&pagenumber=25 | title = Annex Fox to Fourth Marine Divisions Operations Report - part 1, Iwo Jima RCT 23 Report, Page 25 | date = 1945-04-09 | accessdate = 2007-09-13 | publisher = American-Divisions.com ] on 19 February 1945. [cite video | year = 1945 | title = To the Shores of Iwo Jima | url = http://www.archive.org/details/iwojima | accessdate = 2007-09-13 | time = 8:34 | people = United States Marine Corps ]

Following the war, "LSM-216" was decommissioned on 2 May 1946 at Calcasieu River, Lake Charles, Louisiana. She was struck from the Naval Register and sold in November 1946 to the navy of the Dominican Republic. She was renamed "San Rafael" (BA-103) and served in the Dominican Republic Navy until she was disposed of in 1960.

"LSM-216" earned one battle star for World War II service.

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* List of United States Navy LSMs