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Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comm	Fate
永明 [Yongming] (ex-LSM13)			Brown SB, Houston, USA	1944	1944	6.1944 // 5.1946	stricken 1960s/80s
華208 [Hua 208] (ex-LSM42)			Brown SB, Houston, USA	5/1944	22.6.1944	8.1944 // 6.1946
(ex-LSM43)			Brown SB, Houston, USA	1944	1944	7.1944 // 6.1946
(ex-LSM62)			Brown SB, Houston, USA	1944	1944	8.1944 // 5.1946
(ex-LSM69)			Brown SB, Houston, USA	1944	1944	9.1944 // 2.1948
美堅 [Meijian] (ex-LSM76)			Brown SB, Houston, USA	1944	1944	9.1944 // 6.1946
(ex-LSM80)			Brown SB, Houston, USA	1944	1944	10.1944 // 2.1948
(ex-LSM88)			Brown SB, Houston, USA	1944	1944	10.1944 // 2.1948
華201 [Hua 201] (ex-LSM112)			Brown SB, Houston, USA	1944	1944	11.1944 // 5.1946
(ex-LSM124)			Brown SB, Houston, USA	1944	1944	12.1944 // 6.1946
(ex-LSM146)			Charleston N Yd, USA	4/1944	14.5.1944	6.1944 // 2.1948
(ex-LSM147)			Charleston N Yd, USA	4/1944	14.5.1944	6.1944 // 2.1948
華209 [Hua 209] (ex-LSM153)			Charleston N Yd, USA	5/1944	3.6.1944	7.1944 // 6.1946
(ex-LSM154)			Charleston N Yd, USA	5/1944	22.6.1944	7.1944 // 2.1948
美珍 [Meicheng] (ex-LSM155)			Charleston N Yd, USA	5/1944	19.6.1944	7.1944 // 5.1946	to Taiwan 7.1949 (美珍 [Meicheng])
美樂 [Meilo] (ex-LSM157)			Charleston N Yd, USA	5/1944	19.6.1944	8.1944 // 6.1946	to Taiwan 7.1949 (美樂 [Meilo])
(ex-LSM159)			Charleston N Yd, USA	5/1944	16.6.1944	7.1944 // 2.1948
(ex-LSM208)			Dravo, Wilmington, USA	1944	1944	6.1944 // 5.1946
(ex-LSM218)			Dravo, Wilmington, USA	1944	1944	8.1944 // 6.1946
(ex-LSM225)			Dravo, Wilmington, USA	1944	1944	9.1944 // 6.1946
華202 [Hua 202] (ex-LSM248)			Western Pipe & Steel, San Francisco, USA	1944	1944	11.1944 // 5.1946
(ex-LSM249)			Western Pipe & Steel, San Francisco, USA	1944	1944	11.1944 // 6.1946
(ex-LSM256)			Federal, Newark, USA	2/1944	22.4.1944	5.1944 // 9.1946
(ex-LSM280)			Federal, Newark, USA	9/1944	21.10.1944	11.1944 // 2.1948
華207 [Hua 207] (ex-LSM282)			Federal, Newark, USA	1944	1944	11.1944 // 6.1946
美益 [Meiyi] (ex-LSM285)			Federal, Newark, USA	10/1944	30.11.1944	12.1944 // 6.1946	to Taiwan 7.1949 (美益 [Meiyi])
(ex-LSM292)			Federal, Newark, USA	1944	1945	2.1945 // 2.1948
(ex-LSM308)			Charleston N Yd, USA	11/1944	9.12.1944	1.1945 // 5.1946
華205 [Hua 205] (ex-LSM336)			Pullman Standard Car, Chicago, USA	1944	1944	12.1944 // 6.1946
(ex-LSM337)			Pullman Standard Car, Chicago, USA	8/1944	30.11.1944	12.1944 // 2.1948
(ex-LSM339)			Pullman Standard Car, Chicago, USA	1944	1944	1.1945 // 12.1946
(ex-LSM349)			Pullman Standard Car, Chicago, USA	1945	1945	3.1945 // 8.1946
美樂 [Meile] (ex-LSM363)			Brown SB, Houston, USA	1944	1944	1.1945 // 5.1946
(ex-LSM374)			Brown SB, Houston, USA	1944	1944	1.1945 // 5.1946
(ex-LSM376)			Brown SB, Houston, USA	1944	1945	1.1945 // 7.1946
(ex-LSM387)			Brown SB, Houston, USA	1944	1945	2.1945 // 2.1947
(ex-LSM391)			Charleston N Yd, USA	11/1944	17.12.1944	2.1945 // 5.1946
(ex-LSM393)			Charleston N Yd, USA	12/1944	29.12.1944	3.1945 // 5.1946
美成 [Meicheng] (ex-LSM423)			Dravo, Wilmington, USA	10/1944	12.12.1944	1.1945 // 2.1948
(ex-LSM427)			Dravo, Wilmington, USA	1944	1945	2.1945 // 2.1948
華204 [Hua 204] (ex-LSM430)			Dravo, Wilmington, USA	1944	1945	2.1945 // 6.1946
美朋 [Meipeng] (ex-LSM431)			Dravo, Wilmington, USA	12/1944	2.2.1945	2.1945 // 9.1946	to Taiwan 7.1949 (美朋 [Meipeng])
梅荷 [Meiho] (ex-LSM433)			Dravo, Wilmington, USA	1944	1945	3.1945 // 1.1947	to Taiwan 7.1949 (梅荷 [Meiho])
(ex-LSM439)			Dravo, Wilmington, USA	1945	19.3.1945	4.1945 // 2.1948
美宏 [Meihung] (ex-LSM442)			Dravo, Wilmington, USA	1945	6.4.1945	4.1945 // 3.1947	to Taiwan 7.1949 (美宏 [Meihung])
(ex-LSM453)			Western Pipe & Steel, San Francisco, USA	1944	1944	2.1945 // 6.1946
美華 [Meihua] (ex-LSM456)			Western Pipe & Steel, San Francisco, USA	1944	1945	2.1945 // 2.1947	to Taiwan 7.1949 (美華 [Meihua])
美頌 [Meisong] (ex-LSM457)			Western Pipe & Steel, San Francisco, USA	12/1944	17.3.1945	3.1945 // 7.1946	to Taiwan 7.1949 (美頌 [Meisong])
美平 [Meiping] (ex-LSM461)			Brown SB, Houston, USA	1944	1945	3.1945 // 8.1946
美文 [Meiwei] (ex-LSM470)			Brown SB, Houston, USA	1945	1945	3.1945 // 7.1946
美漢 [Meihan] (ex-LSM475)			Brown SB, Houston, USA	1945	1945	3.1945 // 7.1946
美功 [Meigong] (ex-LSM482)			Brown SB, Houston, USA	1945	1945	4.1945 // 5.1946
(ex-LSM489)			Brown SB, Houston, USA	1945	1945	4.1945 // 5.1946

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	520
Displacement full, t	1095
Length, m	59.9 wl 62.0 oa
Breadth, m	10.5
Draught, m	landing: 1.07 fore, 2.13 aft
No of shafts	2
Machinery	4 General Motors diesels
Power, h. p.	2800
Max speed, kts	12.5 - 13.2
Fuel, t	diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	4900 (12)
Armament	1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10
Military load	5 medium or 3 heavy tanks or 6 LVT or 9 DUKW, 48 - 54 marines
Electronic equipment	probably SE or SF or SL or SO or SU radar
Complement	60

Standard scale images

Project history

Medium tank landing ships of LSM type transferred by USN to China after war.

Modernizations

1950s, all survived: were armed with 2 x 2 - 37/63 type 61

Naval service

Some ships escaped in 1949 to Taiwan.

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