The U.S. Navy's Interim Lsm(r)S in World War II: Rocket Ships of the Pacific Amphibious Forces

by Ron Mackay

The "Interim" LSM(R) or Landing Ship, Medium (Rocket) was a revolutionary development in rocket warfare in World War II and the U.S. Navy's first true rocket ship. An entirely new class of commissioned warship and the forerunners of today's missile-firing naval combatants, these ships began as improvised conversions of conventional amphibious landing craft in South Carolina's Charleston Navy Yard during late 1944. They were rushed to the Pacific...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0786498595
• ISBN13: 9780786498598
• Release Date: April 2016
• Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 1.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.9" x 9.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher