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{{Short description|1945 LSM(R)-501-class landing ship medium}}
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|Ship image=[[File:Uss Pee Dee River LSMR-517.jpg|300px|USS Pee Dee River LSMR-517]]
|Ship caption=LSM(R)-517 in 1954
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{{Infobox ship career
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|Ship country=United States
|Ship flag={{USN flag|1947}}
|Ship name=*''Sea Star'' (1945)
*''LSM(R)-517'' (1945–1955)
*''Pee Dee River'' (1955–1960)
*''Offshore Salvor'' (1960–1966)
*''Petromar Salvor'' (1966–1967)
*''Goldrill 4'' (1977)
*''Yukon Bleu'' (1977–1979)
*''Sea Star'' (1979–2004)
*''Western Sea'' (2004–2005)
*''Fish Maker I'' (2005–
|Ship namesake=
|Ship ordered= 1945, as ''LSM-517''
|Ship builder=[[Brown Shipbuilding Company]]
|Ship laid down= 28 April 1945
|Ship launched= 2 June 1945
|Ship commissioned= 21 July 1945
|Ship decommissioned= 13 April 1955
|Ship in service=
|Ship out of service=
|Ship struck= 1 February 1960
|Ship renamed=''Pee Dee River'', 1 October 1955
|Ship reclassified=LSM(R)–517, 9 February 1945
|Ship honors=
|Ship fate= Sold to civilian concerns, 22 June 1960
|Ship notes=
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|Ship class={{sclass|LSM(R)-501|landing ship medium}}
|Ship displacement=*{{convert|758|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} light
*{{convert|993|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} attack
*{{convert|1175|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} full
|Ship length={{convert|203|ft|3|in|abbr=on}}
|Ship beam={{convert|34|ft|6|in|abbr=on}}
|Ship draft=*{{convert|5|ft|4|in|abbr=on}} light
*{{convert|6|ft|9|in|abbr=on}} attack
*{{convert|7|ft|9|in|abbr=on}} full
|Ship propulsion=2 × [[General Motors]], nonreversing with airflex clutch, Cleveland diesels, {{convert|1440|bhp|0|abbr=on}} each at 720 [[Revolutions per minute|rpm]], two screws
|Ship speed={{convert|13|kn|lk=in}}
|Ship range={{convert|3000|nmi|km|abbr=on}} at {{convert|13|kn|abbr=on}}
|Ship complement=6 officers, 137 enlisted
|Ship armament=*1 × [[5"/38 caliber gun]]
*2 × twin [[Bofors 40 mm Automatic Gun L/60|40 mm]] AA guns
*4 × twin [[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon|20 mm]] AA guns
*4 × {{convert|4.2|in|mm|abbr=on}} mortars
*20 × continuous loading {{convert|5|in|mm|abbr=on}} Ship-to-shore rocket launchers
|Ship armor=*10-lb. STS on conning station, pilot-house, radio room, radar plot, and rocket control
*10-lb. ASPP around 40 and 20 mm gun mounts and directors
|Ship notes=
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'''USS ''Pee Dee River'' (LSM(R)-517)''', an {{sclass|LSM(R)-501|landing ship medium (rocket)|1}} of the [[United States Navy]], was originally designed as an LSM, but redesignated on 9 February 1945 as '''''LSM(R)–517'''''. She was laid down by [[Brown Shipbuilding]] Corporation, in [[Houston, Texas]], on 28 April 1945 and launched 2 June 1945. She was accepted and commissioned on 21 July 1945.

==Service history==
''LSM(R)–517'' underwent final fitting out at the [[Charleston Navy Yard]] in Charleston,  South Carolina, and then reported for shakedown 25 August 1945 at [[Little Creek, Virginia]]. Assigned to the Amphibious Force, Atlantic Fleet, she conducted training operations out of Little Creek. She was used chiefly to assist in fulfilling amphibious and midshipman training commitments until her deactivation in October 1947.

Reactivated in September 1954, she called at [[Fall River, Massachusetts]], for repairs and then operated briefly out of Little Creek in the [[Virginia Capes]] and [[Chesapeake Bay]] Operating Areas. After taking part in LantFlEx 1–55, she departed Little Creek on 1 February 1955 and arrived in [[Orange, Texas]], on 8 February. She decommissioned there on 13 April and was assigned to the [[Atlantic Reserve Fleet]], Texas Group.

Named '''''Pee Dee River''''' on 1 October 1955 while still in reserve status, she remained berthed at Orange, until struck from the [[Navy Register]] on 1 February 1960. She was sold on 22 June 1960 to Petrommer Corp., [[Rockport, Texas]], for use as a shallow drilling ship. She was resold in 1989 to Western Sea Inc., of [[Seattle, Washington]], for service as a [[fish factory ship]] and renamed '''''Western Sea'''''. Her final fate is unknown, although she is unlikely to be still in service.

==References==
{{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/p/pee-dee-river.html}}

==External links==
*{{navsource|10/06/06517}}

{{LSM(R)-501 class landing ship medium (rocket)}}

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[[Category:Ships built in Orange, Texas]]
[[Category:LSM(R)-501-class medium landing ships]]
[[Category:World War II amphibious warfare vessels of the United States]]
[[Category:1945 ships]]


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