USS LSM(R)-519

USS LSM(R)-519

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

See also

• List of United States Navy ships
• World War II

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