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U.S.S. CLARION RIVER

(LSMR-409)

BUSTARDS BATTLING BASTARDS

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LSMR-409 Deployments - Major Events

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Month Year to Month Year Deployment / Event
JAN1945-Keel Date: 26 JAN 1945
at Charleston Navy Yard
JAN1945-JAN1946Middle Pacific
JAN1945-JAN1946Middle Pacific
FEB1945-Launch Date: 18 FEB 1945
MAY1945-Commissioned: 16 MAY 1945
OCT1950-OCT1950Recommisioned - 5 October 1950
OCT1955-Decommissioned: 26 OCT 1955
SEP1965-SEP1965Recommisioning
JAN1967-JAN1969West Pac-Viet Nam
FEB1967-OCT1967West Pac-Viet Nam
OCT1968-Shellback Initiation - 10 OCT 1968 - Pacific Ocean
MAY1970-MAY1970Decommisioning
SEP2010-SEP20102010 Reunion Washington DC September 1-5 2010

LSMR-409 General Specifications

Class: LSM(R)-501-class landing ship medium

Complement: 6 Officers and 137 Enlisted

Displacement: 758 tons

Length: 203 feet 6 inches

Beam: 34 feet 6 inches

Draft: 7 feet

Final Disposition: Sold for scrapping November 1970