Ex-LSM189. Laid down by Navy Yard, Charleston, South Carolina, USA on 17 August 1944, launched on 12 September 1944 and commissioned on 5 November 1944. Dimensions 196.6 (waterline) x 203.6 (over all) x 34.6 (extreme) x 5.6 (mean draft at full at attack displacement)-6.6 (mean draft at full load displacement) feet, displacement 783 (attack)-961 (full load)-961 (trial) tons. Tons per inch immersion 14tons. Trial speed 13.1 knots estimate based on model basin tests. Total accommodation for 5 officers and 76 men. Armament consisted of 1-12.7cm/5” 38 cal dual purpose gun, 4-4.2” mortars, 2x1-4cm anti aircraft mounts and 75-4 rail Mk 35 amd 30-6 Mk 30 rocket launchers. Propulsion consisted of 2 G.M. diesel engines 16-278A supplying via 2 screws 2,800 hp. Capacity diesel oil 1,225 barrels. Incorporated the outside hull and propulsion of a standard type LSM in an entirely new design with automatic power driven rocket launchers fed by an automatic hoist.
Sources
Bureau of Ships. Navy Department. Ships’ Data US Naval Vessels. Vol II. Mine vessels class CM&DMD, patrol vessels, landing ships and craft, 15 April 1945
ONI 226. Allied landing craft and ships. Supplement No. 1.
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