USS Greenbrier River (LSM(R)-507)

History
Shown:USS Pee Dee River (LSM(R)-517)

Name:	USS LSM(R)-507
Namesake:	Greenbrier River
Builder:	Brown Shipbuilding Company
Laid down:	31 March 1945
Launched:	28 April 1945
Commissioned:	22 June 1945
Decommissioned:	5 February 1947
Renamed:	Greenbrier River, 1 October 1955
Struck:	1 October 1958
General characteristics
Class and type:	LSM(R)-501-class landing ship medium
Displacement:	1,175 long tons (1,194 t) full
Length:	203 ft 6 in (62.03 m)
Beam:	34 ft (10 m)
Draft:	7 ft 9 in (2.36 m)
Propulsion:	General Motors Cleveland diesel, 2,800 hp (2,088 kW), 2 screws; direct drive
Speed:	13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Range:	5,000 nmi (9,300 km) at 7 kn (13 km/h; 8.1 mph)
Complement:	6 officers, 137 enlisted
Armament:	1 × 5"/38 caliber gun 2 × 40 mm AA guns 4 × 20 mm AA guns 4 × 4.2 in mortars 20 × continuous loading 5 in (130 mm) Ship-to-Shore rocket launchers

USS LSM(R)-507 was laid down on 31 March 1945 by the Brown Shipbuilding Company in Houston, Texas and launched on 28 April 1945. She was commissioned by the United States Navy on 22 June 1945, with Lieutenant Alvin G. Walser in command.

Service history

Departing Houston on 27 June, LSM(R)-507 steamed via Galveston, Texas to Charleston, South Carolina, where she arrived on 7 July. From 28 to 30 July she sailed to Little Creek, Virginia, for training in Chesapeake Bay and along the Virginia coast. Assigned to LSMR Squadron 4, she departed Little Creek on 4 October for the Great Lakes. She touched at Halifax, Quebec and Montreal and arrived at Rochester, New York, on 16 October. During the next three weeks she sailed to Detroit and Chicago before returning to Rochester on 1 November and Little Creek on 17 November.

During the next two months LSM(R)-507 continued operations out of Little Creek. She departed on 29 January 1946, for operations off San Juan, Puerto Rico and later out of Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. She returned to Little Creek on 24 March.

Following duty out of Norfolk, Virginia and Baltimore, Maryland, LSM(R)-507 departed Little Creek for the West Coast of the United States on 18 October, arriving in San Diego, California on 20 November. Assigned to LSMR Squadron 3, she operated out of San Diego; she was decommissioned there on 5 February 1947 and entered the Pacific Reserve Fleet. While berthed at San Diego, she was named Greenbrier River on 1 October 1955, after the Greenbrier River (a tributary of the New River). Her name was struck from the Naval Vessel Register on 1 October 1958.

References

This article incorporates text from the public domain Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships. The entry can be found here.

LSM(R)-501-class landing ships medium (rocket)

LSM(R)-501 / Elk River
LSM(R)-502 / Escalante River
LSM(R)-503 / Flambeau River
LSM(R)-504 / Gila River
LSM(R)-505 / Grand River
LSM(R)-506 / Green River
LSM(R)-507 / Greenbrier River
LSM(R)-508 / Gunnison River / Targeteer
LSM(R)-509 / Holston River
LSM(R)-510 / James River
LSM(R)-511 / John Day River
LSM(R)-512 / Lamoille River
LSM(R)-513 / Laramie River
LSM(R)-514 / Maurice River
LSM(R)-515 / Owyhee River
LSM(R)-516 / Pearl River
LSM(R)-517 / Pee Dee River
LSM(R)-518 / Pit River
LSM(R)-519 / Powder River
LSM(R)-520 / Raccoon River
LSM(R)-521 / Rainy River
LSM(R)-522 / Red River
LSM(R)-523 / Republican River
LSM(R)-524 / Saint Croix River
LSM(R)-525 / St. Francis River
LSM(R)-526 / St. Johns River
LSM(R)-527 / St. Joseph's River
LSM(R)-528 / St. Marys River
LSM(R)-529 / St. Regis River
LSM(R)-530 / Salmon Falls River
LSM(R)-531 / Smoky Hill River
LSM(R)-532 / Smyrna River
LSM(R)-533 / Snake River
LSM(R)-534 / Thames River
LSM(R)-535 / Trinity River
LSM(R)-536 / White River

Other operators

German Navy	Otter (ex-Smyrna River) Natter (ex-Thames River)

Republic of Korea Navy	Si Hung (ex-St. Joseph's River)

Panamanian Public Forces	ex-Smoky Hill River

Preceded by: LSM(R)-401 class
Followed by: None

List of United States Navy amphibious warfare ships

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