Close-up view looking forward of the hole blown in main deck where suicide dive bomber hit the ship. USS LSM(R)-188 damage sustained from Japanese suicide dive bomber attack while the ship was on patrol at Kerama Retto, Ryukyu Islands, 29 March 1945. Close-up view looking aft of the hole blown in main deck where suicide dive bomber hit the ship. ![]() 80-G-342587, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. March 1945, after being damaged by a Japanese air attack on the previous evening during the Okinawa Gunto operation. USS LSM(R)-188 alongside USS Egeria (ARL-8), 29 USS LSM(R)-188 rocket racks showing damage sustained from Japanese suicide dive bomber attack while the ship was on patrol at Kerama Retto, Ryukyu Islands, 29 March 1945. USS LSM(R)-196, USS LSM(R)-188 and USS LSM(R)-189's rockets set fires on Tokishi Shima, March 1945 USS LSM(R)-190 and USS LSM(R)-188 firing rockets off the shore of Takashima, Ryukyus, date unknown. US Navy photo # NH 700735 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. US Navy photo # NH 89245 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, courtesy William H. USS LSM(R)-188 under way, 28 August 1945, location unknown. US Navy photo # NH 183717 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. USS LSM(R)-188 firing rockets, date and location unknown. US Navy photo from "Landing Craft, Infantry and Fire Support", by Gordon Rottman, Published by Osprey Books. Due to the blast and flame effects of the scores of rockets being launched, the deck, including gun positions were completely cleared. The first ripple of 5" forward-firing aircraft rockets are launched from USS LSM(R)-188, date and location unknown. US Navy photo from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. ![]() Loading time to arm all the MK 36s was 2½ hours. USS LSM(R)-188 MK 36 rocket launchers off Charleston, S.C., 4 December 1944. US Navy photo # NH 700730 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. USS LSM(R)-188 crew loading outboard MK 30 rocket launchers off Charleston, S.C., 3 December 1944. Propulsion two Fairbanks Morse (model 38D81/8X10, reversible with hydraulic clutch) Diesel engines, direct drive with 1,440 BHP each 720rpm Seventy-five 4-rail MK36 rocket launchersĮndurance 4,900 miles 12kts.(928 tons displacement) Specifications: Displacement light 758 t.Īrmament one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount
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