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History
United States
NameUSS LSM-149
BuilderCharleston Navy Yard
Laid down4 May 1944
Launched27 May 1944
Commissioned8 July 1944
FateDamaged, 5 December or 14 December 1944; Declared total loss
Decommissioned15 April 1945
General characteristics
Class and typeLSM-1-class landing ship medium
Displacement
  • 520 t.(light)
  • 743 t. (landing)
  • 1,095 t.(fully loaded)
Length203 ft 6 in (62.0 m)
Beam34 ft 6 in (10.52 m)
Draft
  • 3 ft 6 in (1.07 m) fwd, 7 ft 8 in (2.34 m) aft
  • Fully loaded:
  • 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) fwd, 8 ft 3 in (2.51 m) aft
Propulsion
  • 2 General Motors (non-reversible with airflex clutch) diesels
  • Direct drive with 1,440 BHP each @ 720rpm
  • twin screws
Speed13.2 knots (24.4 km/h) (max.), (928 tons displacement)
Endurance
  • 4,900 miles @ 12 knots, (928 tons displacement)
  • (7,900 km @ 22 km/h)
Capacity5 medium or 3 heavy tanks, or 6 LVT's, or 9 DUKW's
Troops2 officers, 46 enlisted
Complement5 officers, 54 enlisted
Armament5 × 20 mm AA guns
Armor10-lb. STS splinter shield to gun mounts, pilot house and conning station

USS LSM-149 was a LSM-1-class landing ship medium built for the U.S. Navy in World War II. Like most ships of her class, she was not named and known only by her designation.

LSM-149 was laid down at the Charleston Navy Yard on 4 May 1944, and was launched 27 May 1944. She was commissioned along with sister ship USS LSM-148 on 8 July 1944 by Rear Admiral Jules James.

Assigned to the Pacific Theatre, LSM-149 was damaged and breached while attempting to recover a barge in heavy surf off Sansapor, New Guinea on 30–31 July 1944. LSM-149 was grounded off the Philippines on 5 December 1944. (According to the United States Navy this happened on 14 December 1944, but her fate has also been reported as on 5 December 1944.) She was declared a total loss, and decommissioned on 15 April 1945.

References

  1. Priolo, Gary P. (28 May 2004). "USS LSM-148 and USS LSM-149 Christening". NavSource Online. NavSource Naval History. Retrieved 6 December 2007.
  • Priolo, Gary P. (28 May 2004). "LSM-149". NavSource Online. NavSource Naval History. Retrieved 6 December 2007.
LSM-1-class landing ships medium
LSM-1LSM-99
LSM-100LSM-187
LSM-200LSM-299
LSM-300LSM-400
LSM-413LSM-500
LSM-537LSM-558
Other operators
 Argentine Navy
 Australian Army
 Brazilian Navy
 Chilean Navy
 Republic of China Navy
Mei Chin class
  • Mei Lo (LSM-242) (ex-LSM-157)
  • Mei Kun (ex-LSM-478)
  • Mei Chin (ex-LSM-155)
  • Mei Hua (ex-LSM-256)
  • Mei Hong (ex-LSM-442)
  • Mei Peng (ex-LSM-431)
  • Mei Heng (ex-LSM-456)
  • Mei Song (ex-LSM-457)
  • Mei He (ex-LSM-13)
  • Mei Jian (ex-LSM-76)
  • Mei Cheng (ex-LSM-422)
  • Mei Ping (ex-LSM-471)
  • Mei Han (ex-LSM-474)
  • Mei Lo (LSM-356) (ex-LSM-362)
  • Mei Yi (ex-LSM-285)
  • ex-LSM-43
  • ex-LSM-62
  • ex-LSM-69
  • ex-LSM-80
  • ex-LSM-88
  • ex-LSM-112
  • ex-LSM-124
  • ex-LSM-146
  • ex-LSM-147
  • ex-LSM-153
  • ex-LSM-154
  • ex-LSM-159
  • ex-LSM-208
  • ex-LSM-218
  • ex-LSM-225
  • ex-LSM-248
  • ex-LSM-249
  • ex-LSM-278
  • ex-LSM-280
  • ex-LSM-282
  • ex-LSM-284
  • ex-LSM-290
  • ex-LSM-292
  • ex-LSM-293
  • ex-LSM-308
  • ex-LSM-336
  • ex-LSM-337
  • ex-LSM-339
  • ex-LSM-349
  • ex-LSM-363
  • ex-LSM-374
  • ex-LSM-376
  • ex-LSM-386
  • ex-LSM-387
  • ex-LSM-391
  • ex-LSM-393
  • ex-LSM-423
  • ex-LSM-427
  • ex-LSM-430
  • ex-LSM-433
  • ex-LSM-439
  • ex-LSM-453
  • ex-LSM-461
  • ex-LSM-470
  • ex-LSM-472
  • ex-LSM-475
  • ex-LSM-482
  • ex-LSM-489
 People's Liberation Army Navy
  • HUA-201 (ex-LSM-112)
  • HUA-202 (ex-LSM-248)
  • HUA-204 (ex-LSM-430)
  • HUA-207 (ex-LSM-282)
  • HUA-208 (ex-LSM-42)
  • Huang Ho (ex-LSM-433)
  • ex-LSM-43
  • ex-LSM-124
  • ex-LSM-153
  • ex-LSM-208
  • ex-LSM-218
  • ex-LSM-225
  • ex-LSM-237?
  • ex-LSM-336
  • ex-LSM-391
  • ex-LSM-453?
  • ex-LSM-475?
  • ex-LSM-482
  • ex-LSM-489
 Royal Danish Navy
 Dominican Navy
 Ecuadorian Navy
 French Navy
 German Navy
 Hellenic Navy
 Indonesian Navy
  • ex-LSM-354
 Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force
 Republic of Korea Navy
 Royal Norwegian Navy
 Paraguayan Navy
 Peruvian Navy
 Philippine Navy
 Portuguese Navy
 Spanish Navy
 Royal Thai Navy
 Turkish Navy
 Bolivarian Navy of Venezuela
  • Friars (ex-LSM-544)
  • Los Testigos (ex-LSM-545)
  • Monk (ex-LSM-548)
  • Roques (ex-LSM-543)
  • ex-LSM-370 (cannibalized for parts)
  • ex-LSM-542 (cannibalized for parts)
 Republic of Vietnam Navy
 Vietnam People's Navy
  • ex-Ninh Giang
  • ex-Tiền Giang
  • ex-Hậu Giang
Shipwrecks and maritime incidents in December 1944
Shipwrecks
Other incidents
1943 1944 1945
November 1944 January 1945


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