Allied Warships

USS LSM 59 (LSM 59)

Medium landing ship of the LSM class

NavyThe US Navy
TypeMedium landing ship
ClassLSM 
PennantLSM 59 
Built byBrown Shipbuilding Co. (Houston, Texas, U.S.A.) 
Ordered15 Sep 1943 
Laid down7 Jul 1944 
Launched29 Jul 1944 
Commissioned24 Aug 1944 
Lost21 Jun 1945 
History

Sunk on 21 June 1945 off Okinawa by a Japanese Kamikaze aircraft

 

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