USS LSM-247

USS *LSM-247*
History
United States
Builder:	Western Pipe and Steel Company, San Pedro, California
Commissioned:	16 November 1944
Decommissioned:	2 May 1946
Fate:	sold in February 1947 to Ming-Sung Industrial Co., Ltd
General characteristics
Class & type:	LSM-1-class landing ship medium
Displacement:	1,095 tons (f.)
Length:	203 ft 6 in (62.03 m)
Beam:	34 ft 6 in (10.52 m)
Draft:	7 ft 4 in (2.24 m)
Propulsion:	two General Motors diesel engines, each 1,440 BHP
Troops:	48
Complement:	59
Armament:	4 × 20mm gun mounts; 1 × bow 40mm gun;
Armor:	gun mounts, pilot house and conning station protected by 10-lb. STS splinter shields