H1MIN: LSM(R) U.S. NAVY ROCKET SHIPS

The LSM(R) was the U.S. Navy’s introduction of a new class of rocket support ship in late WW2. Modified from existing landing ships, it was an interim design to provide heavier inshore bombardment to support amphibious landings.

The evolution of rocketry design was also interesting with innovations from engineers at Caltech. (California Institute of Technology)

More on this topic:

Very detailed book on the subject:
"The US Navy's 'Interim' LSM(R)s in World War II: Rocket Ships of the Pacific Amphibious Forces" by Ron MacKay, Jr.

[bfforever]

You can make it 10 minutes and i'd still watch every second of it

[daweedabest]

“How many rockets do you want sir?”

“Yes”

[DaManBearPig]

*japanese solider heating his morning rice*

*looks up and sees the entire sky darken with weird shaped birds*

[nisman]

This channel is so underrated it almost hurts me

[themidnightrust]

Firing that salvo for the first time must have been terrifying for the crew. And also each additional salvo. And also just being on a lightly armored ship packed to the gills with rockets.

[allmight]

How did i get so lucky to experience a video from this channel on its first hours of release?
Also the amount of positive feedback on the comments is really nice

[extravirginoliveoil]

I clicked on this faster than my dad left for milk

[toby]

These animations are just next level! Awesome work

[theadventuresofjohnandjennifer]

Awesome video.
In the 60's, one LSMR, The USS Elk River was converted and used in the "man in the sea" project, for the United States Navy. After that it was used primarily as a Saturation diver school for highly qualified Navy divers. During its man in the sea and Saturation diver phase it was no longer considered The USS Elk River, but designated DTV Elk River IX501. (DTV is the abbreviation for Diver Training Vessel and IX is the ships classification - Expiramental? It was showcased on a few documentaries, TV shows and even one complete episode of The Bionic Woman. Sadly the ' Moose Creek" (what some of the Elk River sailors called the ship) found her Forever resting place, in the Pacific Ocean.

[elia_ssss]

I love this channel's concept so much. You can learn the basics of something in "one" minute, while other channels would make a whole 10-minute video on the same thing

[judycarlsen]

Richard here: I served as Comm Officer on the USS Clarion River (LSMR 409) from July 65 to January 67. This class LSMR had 8 trainable rocket launchers that could fire 2 rockets every 4 seconds. We shot 3 range rockets: 2500, 5000 and 10, 000 yard rockets. We put the ship back in commission at Hunters Point in mid '65', and after training in California, went to our new homeport of Yokosuka, Japan. Most of '66' was spent on the gun-line in Vietnam. Our crew was 7 officers and 130 enlisted.

[emirhanb.]

These videos are pretty good, keep these up! 👏🏻

[nightshade]

i specifically remember a campaign in CoD: World At War with these in the intro part of that mission

[asadpuppy]

The production quality is otherworldly. This is so underrated.

[TheRibbonRed]

I thought you already did this one. Turns out this is the bigger sister to the LCT(R), which is the one you did previously.

Interesting to see this one having angle-adjustable rockets while the other one doesn't.

[FullMetalBaldo]

Probably CoD WaW fan will remember these ships from one of the first missions of the Pacific campaign

[kilcar]

My dad witnessed these craft launch rockets from his transit on LST-448 in the Pacific theater, he stated :
" ... it was terrifying".

[sothourn]

I always loved watching these ships in the WaW clips

[medlock]

I saw one of these ships when it visited the US Naval Base in San Juan, Puerto Rico. I was in the 5th or 6th grade. This would have been around 1953. The pier was a short walk from the school and our PE teacher, a Marine, would sometimes take us to look at ships and sometimes go aboard. Sometimes we’d get ice cream. An avid sci- fi reader at the time, when I heard “rocket ship” I got really excited, only to be disappointed when I saw the real thing. Of course, none of the launchers were loaded. I remember seeing a submarine and perhaps a destroyer on other outings. The Navy shared the airfield on the north side of the base with the civilian airlines. I think we only got one outing to the airfield the 4 years I was there.

[siegfriedk]

This ship was on Call of Duty World at War too!
In the “Little Resistance” Peleliu landing level, you can call rocket strikes on Japanese bunkers. Really loved to spam it on some poor Japanese riflemen. Haha