USS Raritan (LSM-540)
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Name | USS LSM-540 |
Ordered | 1945 |
Builder | Brown Shipbuilding, Houston, Texas |
Laid down | 10 May 1945 |
Launched | August 1945 |
Commissioned | 6 December 1945, as USS LSM-540 |
Decommissioned | 29 May 1946 |
Recommissioned | 4 November 1957 |
Decommissioned | 1 December 1959 |
Renamed | USS Raritan (LSM-540), 14 October 1959 |
Stricken | 1 January 1960 |
Fate | Unknown, presumed scrapped |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | LSM-1-class landing ship medium |
Displacement |
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Length | 203 ft 6 in (62.03 m) o/a |
Beam | 34 ft 6 in (10.52 m) |
Draft |
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Propulsion | 2 × Fairbanks Morse (model 38D81/8X10, reversible with hydraulic clutch) diesels. Direct drive with 1,440 bhp (1,070 kW) each at 720 rpm, twin screws |
Speed | 13.2 knots (24.4 km/h; 15.2 mph) (928 tons displacement) |
Range | 4,900 nmi (9,100 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h; 14 mph) (928 tons displacement) |
Capacity | 5 medium or 3 heavy tanks (150 tons max. payload, beaching); or 6 LVT's, or 9 DUKW's |
Troops | 2 officers, 46 enlisted |
Complement | 5 officers, 54 enlisted |
Armament |
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Armor | 10-lb. STS splinter shield to gun mounts, pilot house and conning station |
The third USS Raritan (LSM-540) was a LSM-1-class landing ship medium in the United States Navy following World War II. She was named for a river in New Jersey.
Service history
Raritan was laid down on 10 May 1945 at Brown Shipbuilding Company, Houston, Texas, launched in August 1945, commissioned as USS LSM-540 on 6 December 1945. She was decommissioned on 29 May 1946, at Green Cove Springs, Florida and laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Florida Group, Green Cove Springs.
Recommissioned on 4 November 1957, she was renamed USS Raritan (LSM-540) on 14 October 1959, then decommissioned on 1 December 1959 at Norfolk, Virginia, and struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 January 1960.
References
This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.
External links
- Photo gallery of Raritan at NavSource Naval History