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Friday 23 June 2023

Taiwanese LSM landing craft (ex-LSM 457 1944-1946) Mei Sung (247) 1946-1980s

Laid down by Western Pipe and Steel Co., Wilmington, USA on 4 December 1944, launched on 17 March 1945, commissioned on 28 March 1945, decommissioned and loaned to Taiwan on 12 June 1946, renamed after 1969, in 1978 in LSM-694 LSM-347.

Landing Ship Medium=LSM. Displacement 520 (light)-743 (landing)-1,095 (full load) tons and as dimensions 196.5 (waterline)-203.5 (over all) x 34.5 x 7.5 feet. Armament in the 1950s 2-4cm anti aircraft guns, 4-2cm anti aircraft guns. Diesel propulsion supplied via 2 shafts 2,800 bhp allowing a speed of 12 knots. Crew numbered 59 men.

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