REPUBLIC OF CHINA NAVY (TAIWAN)
Mei Lo 1975
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comm | Fate |
| 美珍 [Mei Chin] (ex-LSM155) | LSM341 | Charleston N Yd, USA | 5/1944 | 19.6.1944 | 7.1944 // 10.1949 | stricken 6.2005 | |
| 美樂 [Mei Le] (ex-LSM157) | LSM342 | Charleston N Yd, USA | 5/1944 | 19.6.1944 | 8.1944 // 10.1949 | sunk 9.1958 | |
| 美益 [Mei Yi] (ex-LSM285) | LSM343 | Federal, Newark, USA | 10/1944 | 30.11.1944 | 12.1944 // 10.1949 | stricken 1973 | |
| 美朋 [Mei Peng] (ex-LSM431) | LSM344 | Dravo, Wilmington, USA | 12/1944 | 2.2.1945 | 2.1945 // 10.1949 | stricken 6.1972 | |
| 美亨 [Mei Heng] (ex-LSM456) | LSM345 | Western Pipe & Steel, San Francisco, USA | 1944 | 1945 | 2.1945 // 10.1949 | stricken 1970 | |
| 美宏 [Mei Hong] (ex-LSM442) | LSM346 | Dravo, Wilmington, USA | 1945 | 6.4.1945 | 4.1945 // 10.1949 | stricken 1962 | |
| 美頌 [Mei Song] (ex-LSM457) | LSM347 | Western Pipe & Steel, San Francisco, USA | 12/1944 | 17.3.1945 | 3.1945 // 10.1949 | stricken 6.2005 | |
| 美和 [Mei He] (ex-LSM13) | LSM348, 1960s- CMC348 | Brown SB, Houston, USA | 1944 | 1944 | 6.1944 // 10.1949 | minelayer 1960s, stricken 1972 | |
| 美堅 [Mei Jian] (ex-LSM76) | LSM349 | Brown SB, Houston, USA | 1944 | 1944 | 9.1944 // 10.1949 | stricken 1970 | |
| 美華 [Mei Hua] (ex-LSM256) | LSM350 | Federal, Newark, USA | 2/1944 | 22.4.1944 | 5.1944 // 10.1949 | collision 16.6.1969 | |
| 美成 [Mei Cheng] (ex-LSM422) | LSM351 | Dravo, Wilmington, USA | 1944 | 1944 | 12.1944 // 11.1956 | stricken 1971 | |
| 美功 [Mei Kun] (ex-LSM478) | LSM352 | Brown SB, Houston, USA | 1945 | 1945 | 4.1945 // 11.1956 | stricken 1973 | |
| 美平 [Mei Ping] (ex-LSM471) | LSM353 | Brown SB, Houston, USA | 1945 | 1945 | 3.1945 // 11.1956 | stricken 6.2005 | |
| 美文 [Mei Wei] (ex-LSM472) | LSM354 | Brown SB, Houston, USA | 1945 | 1945 | 3.1945 // 2.1959 | stricken 1973 | |
| 美漢 [Mei Han] (ex-LSM474) | LSM355 | Brown SB, Houston, USA | 1945 | 1945 | 3.1945 // 2.1959 | stricken 1973 | |
| 美樂 [Mei Le] (ex-LSM363) | LSM356 | Brown SB, Houston, USA | 1944 | 1944 | 1.1945 // 5.1962 | stricken 2007 |
|
Displacement standard, t |
520 |
|
Displacement full, t |
1095 |
|
Length, m |
59.9 wl 62.0 oa |
|
Breadth, m |
10.5 |
|
Draught, m |
landing: 1.07 fore, 2.13 aft |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
4 General Motors diesels |
|
Power, h. p. |
2800 |
|
Max speed, kts |
12.5 - 13.2 |
|
Fuel, t |
diesel oil |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 4900 (12) |
|
Armament |
1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10 |
| Military load |
5 medium or 3 heavy tanks or 6 LVT or 9 DUKW, 48 - 54 marines |
| Electronic equipment | SO radar |
| Complement | 60 |
Project history: Former USN LSM type medium landing ships.
Modernizations: 1960s, Mei He: - landing capacity; + mines
1990s, all survived: - SO radar; + 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 1, 4 x 1 - 12.7/90, CS/UPS-60X radar; superstructure was enlarged
Naval service: Mei Le was sunk by Chinese coastal artillery in September 1958. Mei Hua collided 16.6.1969 with m/s Ta Tung and sunk.
Mei Chin
Mei Song 2000
© Ivan Gogin, 2016