USS LSM-17

History
United States
Name	USS LSM-17
Builder	Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, Texas
Laid down	10 April 1944
Launched	7 May 1944
Commissioned	14 June 1944
Decommissioned	22 July 1946
Stricken	15 November 1974
Honors and awards	1 battle star (Okinawa, 1945)
Fate	Laid up, 1946 Loaned to France, 1 April 1954
France
Acquired	On loan, 1 April 1954
Fate	Returned to U.S. Navy, 14 October 1956 Loaned to South Korea, 18 October 1956
South Korea
Acquired	On loan, 18 October 1956 Bought outright, 15 November 1974
General characteristics
Class & type	LSM-1-class landing ship medium
Displacement	530 long tons (539 t) light 900 long tons (914 t) fully loaded
Length	203 ft 6 in (62.03 m) o/a
Beam	34 ft (10 m)
Draft	Landing : 3 ft 6 in (1.07 m) forward 7 ft 8 in (2.34 m) aft Full load : 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) forward 8 ft 3 in (2.51 m) aft
Propulsion	Fairbanks-Morse diesel engines, 2,800 shp (2,088 kW), direct drive, 2 screws
Speed	13.3 knots (24.6 km/h; 15.3 mph)
Range	5,000 nmi (9,300 km) at 7 kn (13 km/h; 8.1 mph)
Capacity	Either 5 × medium tanks or 3 × heavy tanks (150 tons max. payload, beaching) or 6 × LVTs or 9 × DUKWs
Troops	54 troops
Complement	4 officers, 54 enlisted
Armament	2 × 40 mm AA guns 4 × 20 mm AA guns

The USS LSM-17 was a LSM-1-class landing ship medium of the United States Navy, commissioned at Brown Shipyards in Houston, Texas, on 14 June 1944. During the remainder of World War II, it served in the Pacific.

Further reading

• Stevenson, William J., and Wendy Stevenson Clem. 2001. Lucky 17: Narratives from an LSM Crew as Part of the Amphibious Navy Fleet During WWII. Roseville, MI: CNC Systems, Inc.