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History
USS Elk RiverUnited States
NameLSM(R)-501
BuilderBrown Shipbuilding Co.
Laid down24 March 1945
Launched21 April 1945
Commissioned27 May 1945
Decommissioned1 August 1946
Reclassified1 October 1955
RecommissionedJanuary 1969
DecommissionedOctober 1986
RenamedElk River
NamesakeElk River
Stricken13 August 1999
HomeportSan Diego
IdentificationHull number: IX-501
MottoNo Assignment We Shun, Till The Seas We've Won
Honours and
awards
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FateSunk as target, 24 February 2001
General characteristics
Class and typeLSM(R)-501-class landing ship medium
Displacement
  • 758 t (746 long tons), light
  • 993 t (977 long tons), attack
  • 1,175 t (1,156 long tons), full
Length206 ft 3 in (62.87 m)
Beam34 ft 6 in (10.52 m)
Draft
  • 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m), light
  • 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m), attack
  • 7 ft 9 in (2.36 m), full
Installed power2,800 shp (2,088 kW)
Propulsion
  • 2 × GM 16-278A diesel engines
  • 2 × screws
Speed13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Range3,000 mi (4,800 km) at 13 kn (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Complement6 officers, 137 enlisted
Armament
  • 1 × single 5"/38 caliber gun
  • 2 × twin Bofors 40 mm guns
  • 4 × twin 20 mm AA guns
  • 4 × 4.2 in (110 mm) mortars
  • 10 × twin continuous loading 5-inch (130 mm) Ship-to-Shore rocket launchers

USS LSM(R)-501 was the lead ship of the LSM(R)-501-class landing ship medium built in 1945 for service in World War II. She was later converted into a test range support ship and renamed USS Elk River (IX-501). Her namesake was a Minnesota town named Elk River.[1]

  1. ^ "USS Elk River (LSMR-501, later IX-501)". public1.nhhcaws.local. Retrieved 10 February 2022.

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