USS LSM-20 sinking on 5 December 1944
History
United States
NameUSS LSM-20
Ordered15 September 1943
BuilderBrown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, Texas
Laid down24 April 1944
Launched14 May 1944
Commissioned16 June 1944
Stricken20 January 1945
Honors and
awards		1 battle star
FateSunk 5 December 1944
General characteristics
Class and typeLSM-1-class landing ship medium
Displacement
  • 520 long tons (530 t) (light)
  • 743 long tons (755 t) (landing)
  • 1,095 long tons (1,113 t) (fully loaded)
Length203 ft 6 in (62.03 m)
Beam34 ft 6 in (10.52 m)
Draft
  • light, 3 ft 6 in (1.07 m) forward, 7 ft 8 in (2.34 m) aft
  • fully loaded, 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) forward, 8 ft 3 in (2.51 m) aft
Speed13.2 knots (24.4 km/h; 15.2 mph) max.

USS LSM-20 was a LSM-1-class landing ship medium of the United States Navy, commissioned at Brown Shipyards in Houston, Texas, on 16 June 1944.[1] During WWII, she operated in the Pacific. On 5 December 1944, the vessel sunk after she was hit by a Japanese kamikaze in the Surigao Strait in the Philippines. Five sailors were killed and another nine were wounded.[2]

References

  1. ^ "USS LSM 20 (LSM 20) of the US Navy - American Medium landing ship of the LSM class - Allied Warships of WWII". uboat.net. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
  2. ^ "Landing Ship Medium LSM-20". navsource.org. Retrieved 2020-02-05.
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