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USS Grand River

Grand River traces to the ships originally commissioned as LSM(R)-505; adds the verified postwar naming and reclassification/transfer lineage without creating a duplicate ship.

USS Oceanside (LSM-175) underway, date and place unknown.
Representative class image: USS Oceanside (LSM-175) underway, date and place unknown.Navsource · Public domainImage source
Hull / pennantLSM(R)-505
ClassLSM-1 class landing ship, medium
NavyUnited States Navy
CountryUnited States
Builder / shipyardBrown Shipbuilding — Houston, TX

What is known about this ship

Grand River traces to the ships originally commissioned as LSM(R)-505; adds the verified postwar naming and reclassification/transfer lineage without creating a duplicate ship.

Service history

records the postwar river-name phase and, where documented, later LFR, IX, YV or foreign-service identity on this same ships.

Class context: LSM-1 class landing ship, medium

The LSM-1 family comprised 558 WWII medium landing ships built by seven U.S. shipyards from a design originally designated LCT(7).

This ship is recorded as a member of LSM-1 class landing ship, medium. Shared design history belongs on the class page; this page concentrates on the individual hull where evidence is available.

Sources and further reading

  1. Landing Ships, Medium - LSM, LSM(R), LSV ↗ShipbuildingHistory.com · accessed 2026-09-20
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