LSM(R)-188-class Landing Ship Medium
The LSM(R)-188 class was a class of twelve Landing Ship Medium (Rocket) of the United States Navy during World War II. They were used in the Pacific War for bombardment of shore positions. Development The Landing Ship Medium (Rocket) was a development of the Landing Ship Medium for providing supporting fire to amphibious operations. The LSM was one of a type of amphibious warfare ships alongside the Landing Ship Tank and Landing Craft Infantry, Landing Ship Infantry. In the Normandy landings of 1944, some of the larger landing craft had been fitted with artillery, ship guns and rockets (e.g. Landing Craft, Infantry#LCI.28R.29 - Rocket, LCI(R) ) to aid the bombardment of the German defences. A British Landing Craft Tank (Rocket), LCT(R) could deliver 1,000 RP-3, 3-inch rockets in single firing onto the beaches - said to be the firepower of 80 cruisers. In 1944 the US Navy Bureau of Ordnance fitted LSM with a 5-inch/38 gun and rockets to give landing troop fire support out to 4,00 ...
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