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USS St. Regis River

{{Short description|1945 LSM(R)-501-class landing ship medium}}

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|Ship country=United States

|Ship flag={{USN flag|1947}}

|Ship name=USS St. Regis River (LSM(R)-529)

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|Ship builder=Brown Shipbuilding Company

|Ship laid down= June 1945

|Ship launched= July 1945

|Ship commissioned=7 September 1945

|Ship decommissioned=31 March 1946

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|Ship struck=1 October 1958

|Ship renamed=St. Regis River, 1 October 1955

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|Ship fate=Scrapped, 5 July 1960

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|Ship class={{sclass|LSM(R)-501|landing ship medium}}

|Ship displacement=*{{convert|758|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} light

  • {{convert|993|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} attack
  • {{convert|1175|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} full

|Ship length={{convert|203|ft|3|in|abbr=on}}

|Ship beam={{convert|34|ft|6|in|abbr=on}}

|Ship draft=*{{convert|5|ft|4|in|abbr=on}} light

  • {{convert|6|ft|9|in|abbr=on}} attack
  • {{convert|7|ft|9|in|abbr=on}} full

|Ship propulsion=2 × General Motors, non-reversing with airflex clutch, Cleveland diesels, {{convert|1440|bhp|0|abbr=on}} each at 720 rpm, 2 screws

|Ship speed={{convert|13|kn|lk=in}}

|Ship range={{convert|3000|nmi|km|abbr=on}} at {{convert|13|kn|abbr=on}}

|Ship complement=6 officers, 137 enlisted

|Ship armament=*1 × 5"/38 caliber gun

  • 2 × twin 40 mm AA guns
  • 4 × twin 20 mm AA guns
  • 4 × {{convert|4.2|in|mm|abbr=on}} mortars
  • 20 × continuous loading {{convert|5|in|mm|abbr=on}} Ship-to-Shore rocket launchers

|Ship armor=*10-lb. STS on conning station, pilot-house, radio room, radar plot, and rocket control

  • 10-lb. ASPP around 40 and 20 mm gun mounts and directors

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USS St. Regis River (LSM(R)-529) was a LSM(R)-501 class landing ship. Originally the ship only had the designation LSMR-529. She was laid down in June 1945 by the Brown Shipbuilding Co. at Houston, Texas, as LSMR-529, a rocket-armed medium landing ship; launched in July 1945; and commissioned on 7 September 1945.

LSMR-529 was active in Navy service from September 1945 until March 1946, but remained in the United States. In March 1946, she was placed out of commission, in reserve, and berthed at Green Cove Springs, Florida, where she remained for the next 14 years. On 1 October 1955, LSMR-529 was named St. Regis River. Never recommissioned, St. Regis River was sold to the Atlas Iron and Metal Corp. on 5 July 1960 for scrapping.{{Cite web |date=24 September 2015 |title=St. Regis River |url=https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/s/st-regis-river.html |access-date=22 July 2023 |website=Naval History and Heritage Command}}

References

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  • {{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/danfs/s17/st_regis_river.htm}}

External links

  • [http://navsource.org/archives/10/06/06529.htm Navsource: USS St. Regis River]
  • [http://www.hazegray.org/danfs/amphib/lsmr529.htm Hazegray mirror of DANFS: USS St. Regis River]

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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

Category:1945 ships

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