USS St. Francis River

USS St. Francis River (LSM(R)-525) was laid down on 19 May 1945 by the Brown Shipbuilding Company in Houston, Texas.

LSM(R)-525 entered the Korean combat zone on 17 July 1951, firing rockets at enemy positions at Wonsan.

Rearmed regularly at Cam Rahn Bay and overhauled periodically at Yokosuka, St. Francis River provided rocket fire in support of Allied forces in South Vietnam from 1966 through 1969.

During that period, her ability to coordinate her operations with the tactical situation ashore resulted in an impressive number of successful support missions.

Reclassified as LFR-525 on 1 January 1969, St. Francis River was decommissioned and stricken from the Navy list on 17 April 1970.

USS St. Francis River transiting under the Golden Gate Bridge during her sea trials following recommissioning in 1965
USS St. Francis River a pair of rockets toward enemy positions near Chu Lai , Vietnam in 1966