USS LSM-297

LSM-45 Sister ship of LSM-297 underway in San Diego Bay, May 1956
History
United States
Name:	USS LSM-297
Builder:	Charleston Navy Yard, South Carolina
Laid down:	5 October 1944
Launched:	30 October 1944
Commissioned:	18 December 1944
Decommissioned:	4 November 1957
Fate:	Sold for scrapping November 1958
Class and type:	LSM-1-class Landing Ship Medium
Displacement:	520 long tons (528 t) empty 1,095 long tons (1,113 t) full load
Length:	203 ft 6 in (62.03 m)
Beam:	34 ft 6 in (10.52 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:	2 Fairbanks-Morse diesel engines, 2,800 shp (2,088 kW), direct drive, 2 screws
Speed:	13.2 knots (24.4 km/h; 15.2 mph)
Range:	4,900 nmi (9,100 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Capacity:	5 × medium tanks or 3 × heavy tanks or 6 × LVTs or 9 × DUKWs
Troops:	2 officers, 46 enlisted
Complement:	5 officers, 54 enlisted
Armament:	1 × single 40 mm AA gun 4 × single 20 mm AA guns

USS LSM-297 was a Template:Sclass- medium landing ship built for the United States Navy during World War II.

Career

USS LSM-297 was laid down on 5 October 1944 at Charleston Navy Yard in South Carolina and was launched on 30 October 1944. She was commissioned on 18 December 1944, LTjg. Gilbert A. Harre, USNR, in command.

During World War II LSM-297 was assigned to the Pacific Theater. She was decommissioned on 4 November 1957 at Astoria, Oregon, and sold for scrapping in November 1958.