| USS LSM-338 | |
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File:HTMS Phai and HTMS Kut.jpg HTMS Phai | |
| Career (United States) |  |
| Name: | LSM-338 |
| Builder: | Pullman Co., Chicago |
| Laid down: | 14 August 1944 |
| Launched: | 5 December 1944 |
| Commissioned: | 10 January 1945 |
| Decommissioned: | 28 July 1946 |
| Honors and awards: | See Awards |
| Fate: | Transferred to Thailand, 14 October 1946 |
| Career (Thailand) |  |
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| Namesake: | Ko Phai |
| Acquired: | 14 October 1946 |
| Commissioned: | 10 November 1947 |
| Identification: | Pennant number: LSM-2 |
| Fate: | Scrapped |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | LSM-1-class landing ship medium |
| Displacement: |
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| Length: | 203 ft 6 in (62.03 m) o/a |
| Beam: | 34 ft 6 in (10.52 m) |
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| Propulsion: | 2 × Fairbanks-Morse (model 38D81/8X10, reversible with hydraulic clutch) diesels. Direct drive with 1,440 bhp (1,074 kW) each @ 720 rpm, twin screws |
| Speed: | 13.2 knots (15.2 mph; 24.4 km/h) |
| Range: | 4,900 nmi (9,100 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h) |
| Capacity: | 5 medium or 3 heavy tanks, or 6 LVTs, or 9 DUKWs |
| Troops: | 2 officers, 46 enlisted |
| Complement: | 5 officers, 54 enlisted |
| Armament: | 6 × 20 mm AA gun mounts |
| Armour: | 10-lb. STS splinter shield to gun mounts, pilot house and conning station |
USS LSM-338 was a LSM-1-class landing ship medium in the United States Navy during World War II. The ship was transferred to Thailand and renamed HTMS Phai (LSM-2).
Construction and career[]
LSM-338 was laid down on 14 August 1944 at Pullman Co., Chicago, Illinois. Launched on 5 December 1944 and commissioned on 10 January 1945, Ltjg. John M. Barker in command. During World War II, LSM-338 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater. She took part in the occupation service in the Far East from 20 September 1945 to 20 July 1946.[1] LSM-338 was decommissioned on 28 July 1946 and later transferred to Thailand on 14 October, later that year.[2]
She was struck from the Navy Register.
The ship was commissioned into the Royal Thai Navy on 10 November 1947 and renamed HTMS Phai (LSM-2). She was used as spare parts for her sister ship, HTMS Kut.[3][4]
The ship was then sold for scrap and her conning tower is on display at the Thai Naval Training Base.[1]
Awards[]
LST-338 have earned the following awards:
- American Campaign Medal
- Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
- Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
- World War II Victory Medal
Citations[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Landing Ship Medium LSM". http://www.navsource.org/archives/10/14/14338.htm.
- ↑ "USS LSM 338 (LSM 338) of the US Navy - American Medium landing ship of the LSM class - Allied Warships of WWII - uboat.net". https://uboat.net/allies/warships/ship/12937.html.
- ↑ "PANTIP.COM : E4722851 เรื่องราวของ "เรือหลวงคราม" เรือจมใต้น้ำ ณ เกาะไผ่ [ท่องเที่ยวไทย"]. http://topicstock.pantip.com/blueplanet/topicstock/2006/09/E4722851/E4722851.html.
- ↑ "เรือหลวงไผ่(ลำที่ 2) – Seafarer Library" (in en-US). http://thaiseafarer.com/naval-museum/phai-2/.
Sources[]
- United States. Dept. of the Treasury (1962). Treasury Decisions Under the Customs, Internal Revenue, Industrial Alcohol, Narcotic and Other Laws, Volume 97. U.S. Government Printing Office. https://books.google.com/books?id=BnfPAAAAMAAJ.
- Moore, Capt. John (1984). Jane's Fighting Ships 1984-85. Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0710607959.
- Saunders, Stephen (2009). Jane's Fighting Ships 2009-2010. Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0710628886.
- Fairplay International Shipping Journal Volume 222. United Kingdom: Fairplay Publishing Limited. 1967. https://www.google.co.id/books/edition/Fairplay_International_Shipping_Journal/4b8eAQAAMAAJ.
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