Ships of the U.S. Navy, 1940-1945

LSV-3 USS Osage

• Osage class Vehicle Landing Ship:
• Displacement: 4,626 tons
• Length: 458'
• Beam: 60'
• Draft: 20'
• Speed: 21 knots
• Armament: 3 5"/38 DP, 4x2 40mm, 20 20mm
• Complement: 33 officers, 448 enlisted
• Capacity: 19 LVT, 29 DUKW, 800 troops; or 1,800 troops (without vehicles)
• Steam turbine engines
• Built at Ingalls SHipbuilding, Pascagoula, Miss. and commissioned 30 December 1944

Additional Links:

• "Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships" -- USS Osage

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