USS LSM(R)-519

USS *LSM(R)-519*
History
LMS(R)-519 moored in Troy/Albany N.Y. on 27 October 1945

Builder:	Brown Shipbuilding Company
Laid down:	28 April 1945
Launched:	2 June 1945
Commissioned:	28 July 1945
Decommissioned:	March 1946
Renamed:	USS Powder River, 1 October 1955
Struck:	1 October 1958
General characteristics
Class and type:	LSM(R)-501-class landing ship medium
Displacement:	1,084 long tons (1,101 t)
Length:	206 ft 3 in (62.87 m)
Beam:	34 ft 6 in (10.52 m)
Draft:	7 ft 2 in (2.18 m) mean
Speed:	13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Complement:	138
Armament:	1 × 5"/38 caliber gun 4 × 40 mm AA guns 4 × 20 mm AA guns

USS LSM(R)–519 was an LSM(R)-501-class landing ship medium (rocket), 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, Lt. John W. Mitchell in command.

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

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
Photo gallery of USS LSM(R)-519 at NavSource Naval History

External links

Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships

LSM(R)-501-class landing ships medium (rocket)

LSM(R)-501 / Elk River
LSM(R)-502 / Escalante River
LSM(R)-503 / Flambeau River
LSM(R)-504 / Gila River
LSM(R)-505 / Grand River
LSM(R)-506 / Green River
LSM(R)-507 / Greenbrier River
LSM(R)-508 / Gunnison River / Targeteer
LSM(R)-509 / Holston River
LSM(R)-510 / James River
LSM(R)-511 / John Day River
LSM(R)-512 / Lamoille River
LSM(R)-513 / Laramie River
LSM(R)-514 / Maurice River
LSM(R)-515 / Owyhee River
LSM(R)-516 / Pearl River
LSM(R)-517 / Pee Dee River
LSM(R)-518 / Pit River
LSM(R)-519 / Powder River
LSM(R)-520 / Raccoon River
LSM(R)-521 / Rainy River
LSM(R)-522 / Red River
LSM(R)-523 / Republican River
LSM(R)-524 / Saint Croix River
LSM(R)-525 / St. Francis River
LSM(R)-526 / St. Johns River
LSM(R)-527 / St. Joseph's River
LSM(R)-528 / St. Marys River
LSM(R)-529 / St. Regis River
LSM(R)-530 / Salmon Falls River
LSM(R)-531 / Smoky Hill River
LSM(R)-532 / Smyrna River
LSM(R)-533 / Snake River
LSM(R)-534 / Thames River
LSM(R)-535 / Trinity River
LSM(R)-536 / White River

Other operators

German Navy	Otter (ex-Smyrna River) Natter (ex-Thames River)

Republic of Korea Navy	Si Hung (ex-St. Joseph's River)

Panamanian Public Forces	ex-Smoky Hill River

Preceded by: LSM(R)-401 class
Followed by: None

List of United States Navy amphibious warfare ships

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USS LSM(R)-519

Service history

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