USS LSM(R)-519
{{Short description|1945 LSM(R)-501-class landing ship medium (rocket)}}
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=LSRM519.jpg |Ship caption=LMS(R)-519 moored in Troy/Albany N.Y. on 27 October 1945 }} {{Infobox ship career |Hide header= |Ship country=United States |Ship flag={{USN flag|1946}} |Ship name= |Ship namesake= |Ship ordered= |Ship builder=Brown Shipbuilding Company |Ship laid down= 28 April 1945 |Ship launched= 2 June 1945 |Ship commissioned= 28 July 1945 |Ship decommissioned= March 1946 |Ship in service= |Ship out of service= |Ship struck= 1 October 1958 |Ship renamed=USS Powder River, 1 October 1955 |Ship reclassified= |Ship honors= |Ship fate= |Ship motto= |Ship notes= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class={{sclass|LSM(R)-501|landing ship medium}} |Ship displacement={{convert|1084|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} |Ship length={{convert|206|ft|3|in|abbr=on}} |Ship beam={{convert|34|ft|6|in|abbr=on}} |Ship draft={{convert|7|ft|2|in|abbr=on}} mean |Ship propulsion= |Ship speed={{convert|13|kn|lk=in}} |Ship range= |Ship complement=138 |Ship armament=*1 × 5"/38 caliber gun |Ship armor= |Ship notes= }} |
USS LSM(R)–519 was an {{sclass|LSM(R)-501|landing ship medium (rocket)|1}}, a type of amphibious assault ship in the United States Navy.
She was originally projected as LSM-519 and was laid down on 28 April 1945 by the Brown Shipbuilding Co., Inc., in Houston, Texas. She was launched on 2 June 1945 and commissioned on 28 July.
Service history
Following preliminary shakedown off Galveston, Texas, LSM(R)–519, steamed to Charleston, South Carolina, thence to Little Creek, Virginia, for completion of training. On 23 October she departed Little Creek for Troy, New York, where she conducted Navy Day activities.
By 1 November she was back in the tidewater area and on the 5th she sailed south. She arrived at the St. Johns River Florida Reserve Berthing Area on 9 November.
In March 1946 she was decommissioned. Renamed the Powder River on 1 October 1955, after the Powder River in Wyoming and Montana. The LSM(R) remained in the Florida Group, Atlantic Reserve Fleet until struck from the Navy List on 1 October 1958.
References
- {{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/p/powder-river.html}}
- {{navsource|10/06/06519|USS LSM(R)-519}}
External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20011005083318/http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/#Anchor-Editoria-14954 Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships]
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Category:Ships built in Houston
Category:World War II amphibious warfare vessels of the United States
Category:LSM(R)-501-class medium landing ships
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