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Landing Ships, Medium - LSM

Most recent update: December 12, 2011.

A total of 558 Landing Ships, Medium, or LSMs, were built in WWII by seven shipyards.  The basic design - originally designated the LCT(7) - was 203.5 feet in length overall and 520 tons in light displacement.  Sixty LSMs were configured as Landing Ships, Medium (Rocket), or LSM(R)s: the first 12 of these - #s 188 thru 199 - were converted LSMs and were the same length but 85 tons heavier, while the other 48 were built three feet longer and 245 tons heavier.

Type # Shipbuilder Location Delivery Disposition
LSM 1 Brown SB Houston TX 5-May-44 Scrapped 1947
LSM 2 Brown SB Houston TX 8-May-44 Sold to Tidewater BL 1946, converted to grain barge Big Moose
LSM 3 Brown SB Houston TX 16-May-44 Sold to Creole Petroleum 1946, scrapped 1964
LSM 4 Brown SB Houston TX 20-May-44 Sold to West India Fruit 1947
LSM 5 Brown SB Houston TX 22-May-44 Wrecked in Saipan 6-Jul-48
LSM 6 Brown SB Houston TX 23-May-44 Sold to Hughes Bros. 1946
LSM 7 Brown SB Houston TX 29-May-44 Sold to Mech. Eqpmt. Co. 1947
LSM 8 Brown SB Houston TX 26-May-44 Sold to Georgia Marine Salvage 1947, converted to barge
LSM 9 Brown SB Houston TX 27-May-44 Sold to Ernest A. Judd 1947
LSM 10 Brown SB Houston TX 29-May-44 Sold to A. G. Schoonmaker Co. 1946
LSM 11 Brown SB Houston TX 31-May-44 Sold to Georgia Marine Salvage 1947, converted to barge
LSM 12 Brown SB Houston TX 31-May-44 Wrecked at Okinawa 4-Apr-45
LSM 13 Brown SB Houston TX 1-Jun-44 To China 1946, escaped to Taiwan 1949, converted to coastal minesweeper CMC-348 1960s, scrapped 1972
LSM 14 Brown SB Houston TX 1-Jun-44 Sold to Fairbanks Morse 1948 for scrapping
LSM 15 Brown SB Houston TX 2-Jun-44 Sunk by typhoon in Buckner Bay 9-Oct-45
LSM 16 Brown SB Houston TX 10-Jun-44 Sold to Hughes Bros. 1947
LSM 17 Brown SB Houston TX 14-Jun-44 Laid up 1946, to France 1954 as L 9017, returned 1956, to Korea 1956
LSM 18 Brown SB Houston TX 14-Jun-44 Sold to A. G. Schoonmaker Co. 1947, converted to barge
LSM 19 Brown SB Houston TX 15-Jun-44 Laid up 1946, to Korea 1956 as Ki Rin (LSM-610)
LSM 20 Brown SB Houston TX 17-Jun-44 Sunk in Surigao Strait 5-Dec-44
LSM 21 Brown SB Houston TX 19-Jun-44 Sold to National Metal 1946 for scrapping
LSM 22 Brown SB Houston TX 21-Jun-44 Sold to Sturgeon Bay SB 1947
LSM 23 Brown SB Houston TX 23-Jun-44 Sold to Hill Dredging 1948
LSM 24 Brown SB Houston TX 24-Jun-44 Sold to Southeastern Pipeline 1948
LSM 25 Brown SB Houston TX 26-Jun-44 Sold to National Metal 1946 for scrapping
LSM 26 Brown SB Houston TX 27-Jun-44 Scuttled 1947
LSM 27 Brown SB Houston TX 28-Jun-44 Sold to Smallship Sales 1947
LSM 28 Brown SB Houston TX 1-Jul-44 Sold to Hill Dredging 1947
LSM 29 Brown SB Houston TX 3-Jul-44 Sold to Parker Bros. 1946
LSM 30 Brown SB Houston TX 3-Jul-44 Laid up 1946, to Korea 1956 as Ku Moon (LSM-606)
LSM 31 Brown SB Houston TX 7-Jul-44 Sold to Gunter & Zimmerman 1948
LSM 32 Brown SB Houston TX 8-Jul-44 Sold to Tidewater BL 1946, converted to grain barge Onondaga
LSM 33 Brown SB Houston TX 11-Jul-44 Sold to Georgia Marine Salvage 1947, converted to barge Donald Sawyer 1948, sold 1960 to Hall Corp., scrapped
LSM 34 Brown SB Houston TX 13-Jul-44 Sold to Georgia Marine Salvage 1947, converted to barge
LSM 35 Brown SB Houston TX 14-Jul-44 Sold to Hugo Neu 1948 for scrapping
LSM 36 Brown SB Houston TX 17-Jul-44 Sold to Alexander Shipyard 1947
LSM 37 Brown SB Houston TX 19-Jul-44 Laid up 1947, sold to Tidewater BL 1957, converted to barge No. 547
LSM 38 Brown SB Houston TX 20-Jul-44 Sold to JeffBoat 1948, converted to barge
LSM 39 Brown SB Houston TX 21-Jul-44 Sold to Berkwit & Co. 1947 for scrapping
LSM 40 Brown SB Houston TX 24-Jul-44 Sold to E. F. Jardine 1947
LSM 41 Brown SB Houston TX 3-Aug-44 Sold to Morris Schrier 1948
LSM 42 Brown SB Houston TX 4-Aug-44 To China 1946, seized by PRC 1949 as HUA-208
LSM 43 Brown SB Houston TX 28-Jul-44 To China 1946, seized by PRC 1949
LSM 44 Brown SB Houston TX 28-Jul-44 Sold to Crowley 1949
LSM 45 Brown SB Houston TX 31-Jul-44 Laid up 1947, to Greece 1958 as L-161, returned for use as a nuseum, sold 2010 to Justice Marine for conversion to barge
LSM 46 Brown SB Houston TX 1-Aug-44 Sold to Charles N. Wilson 1948
LSM 47 Brown SB Houston TX 9-Aug-44 To DoI 1946, sold to Foss 1948, converted to barge Foss 162
LSM 48 Brown SB Houston TX 7-Aug-44 Laid up 1946, sold to Stanolind Oil 1948
LSM 49 Brown SB Houston TX 14-Aug-44 Sold to Nick Bez 1948 as Western Venturer, wrecked in the Bahamas 1970
LSM 50 Brown SB Houston TX 9-Aug-44 Sold to Indian River Lines 1947, converted to barge
LSM 51 Brown SB Houston TX 11-Aug-44 Sold to Charles Weaver & Co. 1948, converted to barge
LSM 52 Brown SB Houston TX 14-Aug-44 Sold to W.R. & B.K. Parker 1948
LSM 53 Brown SB Houston TX 16-Aug-44 Sold to Indian River Lines 1947, converted to barge
LSM 54 Brown SB Houston TX 17-Aug-44 Laid up 1946, to Korea 1956 as Mine Force Flagship, scrapped 1984
LSM 55 Brown SB Houston TX 21-Aug-44 To UNRRA 1946
LSM 56 Brown SB Houston TX 21-Aug-44 Sold to Charles N. Wilson 1948, converted to barge
LSM 57 Brown SB Houston TX 18-Aug-44 Laid up 1946, to Korea 1958
LSM 58 Brown SB Houston TX 21-Aug-44 To France 1954 as L 9018, returned 1956, sold to Ron Pickard 1957
LSM 59 Brown SB Houston TX 23-Aug-44 Sunk at Okinawa 10-Jun-45
LSM 60 Brown SB Houston TX 25-Aug-44 Obliterated at Bikini 25-Jul-46
LSM 61 Brown SB Houston TX 2-Sep-44 Sold to Angelo Conti, Inc. 1947
LSM 62 Brown SB Houston TX 27-Aug-44 To China 1946
LSM 63 Brown SB Houston TX 30-Aug-44 Sold to Robert P. Miller 1947
LSM 64 Brown SB Houston TX 30-Aug-44 Sold to R. J. McCallum 1947, converted to towboat Captain J. G. Van Ness, sold to Tidewater BL 1982 as Tidewater
LSM 65 Brown SB Houston TX 3-Sep-44 Sold to Sturgeon Bay SB 1947
LSM 66 Brown SB Houston TX 6-Sep-44 Sold to Peter F. Bullen 1948
LSM 67 Brown SB Houston TX 8-Sep-44 Sold to Berkwit Co. 1946 for scrapping
LSM 68 Brown SB Houston TX 10-Sep-44 Sold to Fairbanks Morse 1948 for scrapping
LSM 69 Brown SB Houston TX 9-Sep-44 To Taiwan 1948
LSM 70 Brown SB Houston TX 13-Sep-44 Sold to Hugo Neu 1948 for scrapping
LSM 71 Brown SB Houston TX 15-Sep-44 Sold to Luzon Stevedoring 1947
LSM 72 Brown SB Houston TX 17-Sep-44 Sold to Capitol Salvage 1947 for scrapping
LSM 73 Brown SB Houston TX 16-Sep-44 Sold to Chesapeake Bay Ferry 1948, later to Virginia Ferry as Kiptopeke, to S. America 1963
LSM 74 Brown SB Houston TX 20-Sep-44 Sold to JeffBoat 1948, converted to barge
LSM 75 Brown SB Houston TX 22-Sep-44 Sold to Alexander Shipyard 1947
LSM 76 Brown SB Houston TX 23-Sep-44 To China 1946, escaped to Taiwan 1949 as LSM 349
LSM 77 Brown SB Houston TX 26-Sep-44 Sold to Anderson-Tuffy Co. 1949
LSM 78 Brown SB Houston TX 27-Sep-44 Sold to Saint John Tugboats 1947, converted to barge
LSM 79 Brown SB Houston TX 30-Sep-44 Sold to Ernest A. Judd 1947
LSM 80 Brown SB Houston TX 2-Oct-44 To China 1948
LSM 81 Brown SB Houston TX 5-Oct-44 Sold to E. F. Jardine 1947
LSM 82 Brown SB Houston TX 7-Oct-44 Sold to Georgia Marine Salvage 1947, converted to barge Alfred J. Harris, scrapped 1961
LSM 83 Brown SB Houston TX 8-Oct-44 Sold to Capitol Salvage 1947, converted to barge John Chapman, scrapped 1961
LSM 84 Brown SB Houston TX 10-Oct-44 Laid up 1947, to Korea 1956
LSM 85 Brown SB Houston TX 12-Oct-44 Laid up 1946, to France 1954 as L 9051, to Vietnam 1956 as Ninh Giang (HQ 403)
LSM 86 Brown SB Houston TX 13-Oct-44 To Argentina 1948 as BDM No. 42, converted to minesweeper Corrientes, to Paraguay 1972 as Boqueron, scrapped 2003
LSM 87 Brown SB Houston TX 15-Oct-44 Sold to Southeastern Pipeline 1948
LSM 88 Brown SB Houston TX 17-Oct-44 To China 1948
LSM 89 Brown SB Houston TX 18-Oct-44 Sold to Saint John Tugboats 1947, converted to barge
LSM 90 Brown SB Houston TX 20-Oct-44 Sold to Gunter & Zimmerman 1948
LSM 91 Brown SB Houston TX 22-Oct-44 Sold to Georgia Marine Salvage 1947, converted to barge
LSM 92 Brown SB Houston TX 24-Oct-44 Sold to Georgia Marine Salvage 1947
LSM 93 Brown SB Houston TX 25-Oct-44 Sold to Hugo Neu 1948 for scrapping
LSM 94 Brown SB Houston TX 27-Oct-44 Sold to Crowley 1949, converted to barge
LSM 95 Brown SB Houston TX 28-Oct-44 Sold to Ben Bendixson 1948, converted to hopper barge Racquette
LSM 96 Brown SB Houston TX 31-Oct-44 Laid up 1946, to Korea 1956 as LSM 656
LSM 97 Brown SB Houston TX 1-Nov-44 Sold to Pacific BB 1947, converted to hopper barge, sold to Tidewater BL as Russell 27
LSM 98 Brown SB Houston TX 2-Nov-44 Sold to Western BB 1947
LSM 99 Brown SB Houston TX 6-Nov-44 Laid up 1946, sold to Willamette Tug 1958, converted to barge
LSM 100 Brown SB Houston TX 6-Nov-44 Sold to Sturgeon Bay SB 1947
LSM 101 Brown SB Houston TX 8-Nov-44 Laid up 1947, sold to Ship Supply Corp. 1958, converted to barge
LSM 102 Brown SB Houston TX 9-Nov-44 Laid up 1946, to Greece 1958 as L-162
LSM 103 Brown SB Houston TX 12-Nov-44 Sold to Southwest Steel 1947, scrapped 1966
LSM 104 Brown SB Houston TX 13-Nov-44 Laid up 1947, sold to Commercial Metals 1958, later sank off Dom. Rep.
LSM 105 Brown SB Houston TX 15-Nov-44 Laid up 1947, sold to Inter-Insular Mails 1958
LSM 106 Brown SB Houston TX 17-Nov-44 Laid up 1947, sold to Commercial Metals 1958
LSM 107 Brown SB Houston TX 19-Nov-44 Laid up 1947, reactivated 1959, sold to Hyman-Michaels Co. 1960
LSM 108 Brown SB Houston TX 19-Nov-44 Laid up 1947, sold to Commercial Metals 1958
LSM 109 Brown SB Houston TX 23-Nov-44 Laid up 1947, sold to Hendry Corp. 1956, reefed off Indian Shores FL 1976
LSM 110 Brown SB Houston TX 25-Nov-44 Laid up 1947, reactivated 1950, to France 1954 as L 9011, to Vietnam 1955 as Han Giang (HQ 401), to the Philippines 1975, scrapped 1966
LSM 111 Brown SB Houston TX 26-Nov-44 Laid up 1947, sold, resold to Foss 1963 as Alaska Constructor, later converted to barge
LSM 112 Brown SB Houston TX 29-Nov-44 To China 1946, seized by PRC 1949 as HUA-201
LSM 113 Brown SB Houston TX 30-Nov-44 To Chile 1947 as Contreras, scrapped 1967
LSM 114 Brown SB Houston TX 1-Dec-44 Sold to A. G. Schoonmaker Co. 1947 for scrapping
LSM 115 Brown SB Houston TX 2-Dec-44 Sold to Charles Weaver & Co. 1946, converted to barge
LSM 116 Brown SB Houston TX 6-Dec-44 Laid up 1947, sold to Foss 1958 as Alaska Roughneck
LSM 117 Brown SB Houston TX 7-Dec-44 Sold to Ellis C. Soper 1948
LSM 118 Brown SB Houston TX 8-Dec-44 Laid up 1947, sold to Foss 1958, converted to barge
LSM 119 Brown SB Houston TX 9-Dec-44 Laid up 1947, sold to Tidewater BL 1958, to Brazil as Goncoloa Coelho, sank
LSM 120 Brown SB Houston TX 10-Dec-44 Laid up 1947, sold to American Tug Boat 1958, converted to barge
LSM 121 Brown SB Houston TX 13-Dec-44 Laid up 1947, sold to Mason Construction 1958, converted to barge
LSM 122 Brown SB Houston TX 14-Dec-44 Sold to Fairbanks Morse 1948 for scrapping
LSM 123 Brown SB Houston TX 16-Dec-44 Transferred to unknown country
LSM 124 Brown SB Houston TX 17-Dec-44 To China 1946, seized by PRC 1949
LSM 125 Brown SB Houston TX 22-Dec-44 Laid up 1947, to France 1954 as L 9013, returned 1956, to Japan 1957 as LSM 3001, scrapped 1977
LSM 126 Charleston NSY Charleston SC 28-Apr-44 Sold to A. G. Schoonmaker 1946 for scrapping
LSM 127 Charleston NSY Charleston SC 28-Apr-44 Sold to Southeastern Pipeline 1948
LSM 128 Charleston NSY Charleston SC 13-May-44 Sold to Margaret A. Turner 1948
LSM 129 Charleston NSY Charleston SC 13-May-44 Sold to Platzer BW 1947
LSM 130 Charleston NSY Charleston SC 20-May-44 Sold to National Metal 1946 for scrapping
LSM 131 Charleston NSY Charleston SC 20-May-44 Sold to Hughes Bros. 1947, converted to barge
LSM 132 Charleston NSY Charleston SC 22-May-44 Sold to L. Chenman 1948
LSM 133 Charleston NSY Charleston SC 22-May-44 Sold to Eliseo Vila 1948
LSM 134 Charleston NSY Charleston SC 31-May-44 Sold to Alexander SY 1947, converted to barge ABCO Tampa
LSM 135 Charleston NSY Charleston SC 31-May-44 Sunk off Okinawa 25-May-45
LSM 136 Charleston NSY Charleston SC 30-May-44 Sold to National Metal 1946 for scrapping
LSM 137 Charleston NSY Charleston SC 30-May-44 Sunk by typhoon in Buckner Bay 9-Oct-45
LSM 138 Charleston NSY Charleston SC 10-Jun-44 Sold to JeffBoat 1947
LSM 139 Charleston NSY Charleston SC 10-Jun-44 Sold to Dica Inc. 1948
LSM 140 Charleston NSY Charleston SC 22-Jun-44 Sold to Harbour Towing 1948
LSM 141 Charleston NSY Charleston SC 22-Jun-44 Sold to National Metal 1946 for scrapping
LSM 142 Charleston NSY Charleston SC 30-Jun-44 Scuttled off Guam 14-Sep-46
LSM 143 Charleston NSY Charleston SC 30-Jun-44 Sold to Elliott Chemical 1947
LSM 144 Charleston NSY Charleston SC 12-Jun-44 Sold to J. D. Achapiro 1946
LSM 145 Charleston NSY Charleston SC 12-Jun-44 Sold to J. C. Berkwit Co. 1947, converted to barge
LSM 146 Charleston NSY Charleston SC 17-Jun-44 To China 1948
LSM 147 Charleston NSY Charleston SC 17-Jun-44 To China 1948
LSM 148 Charleston NSY Charleston SC 8-Jul-44 Sold to Ming Sung Industrial 1946
LSM 149 Charleston NSY Charleston SC 8-Jul-44 Wrecked at  Sansapur, New Guinea, 15-Apr-45
LSM 150 Charleston NSY Charleston SC 15-Jul-44 Sold to Mech. Eqpmt. Co. 1946
LSM 151 Charleston NSY Charleston SC 16-Jul-44 Scuttled off Guam 31-Mar-47
LSM 152 Charleston NSY Charleston SC 22-Jul-44 Sold to Georgia Marine Salvage 1947
LSM 153 Charleston NSY Charleston SC 22-Jul-44 To China 1946, seized by PRC 1949
LSM 154 Charleston NSY Charleston SC 22-Jul-44 To China 1948
LSM 155 Charleston NSY Charleston SC 26-Jul-44 To China 1946, to Taiwan 1949 as Mei Cheng (LSM-649), decommissioned 2005
LSM 156 Charleston NSY Charleston SC 8-Aug-44 Sold to Georgia Marine 1947 for scrapping
LSM 157 Charleston NSY Charleston SC 8-Aug-44 To China 1946, to Taiwan 1949 as Mei Lo, sunk 1958 off Qemoy I.
LSM 158 Charleston NSY Charleston SC 31-Jul-44 Sold to G. Martinez 1948
LSM 159 Charleston NSY Charleston SC 31-Jul-44 To China 1948
LSM 160 Charleston NSY Charleston SC 16-Aug-44 Laid up 1947, sold to Ship Supply Corp. 1958, converted to barge
LSM 161 Charleston NSY Charleston SC 16-Aug-44 Named Kodiak 1959, struck 1965, sold to Tien Hsin Hong 1972 for scrapping
LSM 162 Charleston NSY Charleston SC 22-Aug-44 Sold to Martinolich SB 1948
LSM 163 Charleston NSY Charleston SC 22-Aug-44 Sold to New Orleans Shipwrecking 1948
LSM 164 Charleston NSY Charleston SC 26-Aug-44 Sold to A. G. Schoonmaker 1946 for scrapping
LSM 165 Charleston NSY Charleston SC 26-Aug-44 Struck 1947
LSM 166 Charleston NSY Charleston SC 31-Aug-44 Sold to Mechanical Eqpmt. 1947, converted to barge
LSM 167 Charleston NSY Charleston SC 31-Aug-44 Laid up 1947, sold to Foss 1958, converted to barge
LSM 168 Charleston NSY Charleston SC 7-Sep-44 Laid up 1947, sold to Hugo Neu 1958, converted to barge
LSM 169 Charleston NSY Charleston SC 7-Sep-44 Struck a mine off Mariveles 15-Feb-45, scuttled off Subic Bay 1946
LSM 170 Charleston NSY Charleston SC 14-Sep-44 Sold to LSS Marine 1946
LSM 171 Charleston NSY Charleston SC 14-Sep-44 Scuttled off Subic Bay 1948
LSM 172 Charleston NSY Charleston SC 20-Sep-44 Sold to Paul P. Noyes 1948
LSM 173 Charleston NSY Charleston SC 20-Sep-44 Sold to Charles Zubik 1947
LSM 174 Charleston NSY Charleston SC 25-Sep-44 Sold to C. T. Smith 1948
LSM 175 Charleston NSY Charleston SC 25-Sep-44 Named Oceanside 1959, to Vietnam 1961 as Huong Giang (HQ-404), to the Philippines 1975 as Batanes (LP-65), scrapped 1985
LSM 176 Charleston NSY Charleston SC 30-Sep-44 Sold to A. G. Schoonmaker 1946 for scrapping
LSM 177 Charleston NSY Charleston SC 30-Sep-44 Sold to Platzer BW 1947
LSM 178 Charleston NSY Charleston SC 5-Oct-44 Sold to J. & S. Chotin 1947
LSM 179 Charleston NSY Charleston SC 5-Oct-44 Sold to Ben Bendixson 1948
LSM 180 Charleston NSY Charleston SC 10-Oct-44 Sold to Dravo 1947
LSM 181 Charleston NSY Charleston SC 10-Oct-44 Sold to Mechanical Eqpmt. 1947, converted to barge
LSM 182 Charleston NSY Charleston SC 14-Oct-44 Sold to Bauer-Smith Dredging 1947
LSM 183 Charleston NSY Charleston SC 14-Oct-44 Sold to C. B. Cruso 1947
LSM 184 Charleston NSY