Red River LSM-522

Red River

(LSM(R)-522: dp. 1,289 (f.); 1. 211'5"; b. 34'5", dr. 9'9" s. 12 k.; cpl. 140; a. 1 5", 4 40mm., 8 20mm., 4 1.2" mortars, 10 5" rocket launchers; el. LSM(R)-401)

LSM(R)-522 was laid down 5 May 1945 by Brown Shipbuilding Co., Ine., Houston, Tex.; launched 9 June 1945; and commissioned 6 August 1945

Following shakedown and exercises out of Little Creek, Va., LSM(R)-522 entered the Atlantic Reserve Fleet at Green Cove Springs, Fla., in May 1946. Recommissioned 2 April 1951, she joined the amphitious force of the Atlantic Fleet and participated in fleet operations in the Atlantic and the

Caribbean. In January 1955, she entered the Atlantic Reserve Fleet. Named, Red River 1 October 1955, she was reclassified LFR on 1 January 1969, and remained in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet until struck from the Navy list 1 May 1973.