Name USS LSM-149 Laid down 4 May 1944 Decommissioned 15 April 1945 Launched 27 May 1944 | Builder Charleston Navy Yard Commissioned 8 July 1944 Construction started 4 May 1944 Length 62 m | |
Fate Damaged, 5 December or 14 December 1944; Declared total loss | ||
USS LSM-149 was a LSM-1-class landing ship medium built for the U.S. Navy in World War II. Like most ships of her class, she was not named and known only by her designation.
LSM-149 was laid down at the Charleston Navy Yard on 4 May 1944, and was launched 27 May 1944. She was commissioned along with sister ship USS LSM-148 on 8 July 1944 by Rear Admiral Jules James, with Lt. Ezra D Woodbury, USNR, in command.
Assigned to the Pacific Theatre, LSM-149 was damaged and breached while attempting to recover a barge in heavy surf off Sansapor, New Guinea on 30–31 July 1944. LSM-149 was grounded off the Philippines on 5 December 1944. (According to the United States Navy this happened on 14 December 1944, but her fate has also been reported as on 5 December 1944.) She was declared a total loss, and decommissioned on 15 April 1945.