USS LSM-338
# USS LSM-338

USS LSM-338 was a LSM-1-class landing ship medium in the United States Navy during World War II. The ship was transferred to Thailand and renamed HTMS Phai (LSM-2) (Thai: เรือหลวงไผ่).

## Construction and career

LSM-338 was laid down on 14 August 1944 at Pullman Co., Chicago, Illinois. Launched on 5 December 1944 and commissioned on 10 January 1945.

During World War II, LSM-338 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater. She took part in the occupation service in the Far East from 20 September 1945 to 20 July 1946.

LSM-338 was decommissioned on 28 July 1946 and later transferred to Thailand on 14 October, later that year.

She was struck from the Navy Register.

The ship was commissioned into the Royal Thai Navy on 10 November 1947 and renamed HTMS Phai (LSM-2). She was used as spare parts for her sister ship, HTMS Kut.

The ship was then sold for scrap and her conning tower is on display at the Royal Thai Naval Training Base.

## Awards

LST-338 have earned the following awards:

* American Campaign Medal
* Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
* Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
* World War II Victory Medal

## Citations

* 1 2 "Landing Ship Medium LSM". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
* ↑ "USS LSM 338 (LSM 338) of the US Navy - American Medium landing ship of the LSM class - Allied Warships of WWII - uboat.net". uboat.net. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
* ↑ "PANTIP.COM : E4722851 เรื่องราวของ "เรือหลวงคราม" เรือจมใต้น้ำ ณ เกาะไผ่ [ท่องเที่ยวไทย]". topicstock.pantip.com. Retrieved 1 January 2022.
* ↑ "เรือหลวงไผ่(ลำที่ 2) – Seafarer Library". Retrieved 1 January 2022.

## Sources

* United States. Dept. of the Treasury (1962). Treasury Decisions Under the Customs, Internal Revenue, Industrial Alcohol, Narcotic and Other Laws, Volume 97. U.S. Government Printing Office.
* Moore, Capt. John (1984). Jane's Fighting Ships 1984-85. Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0710607959.
* Saunders, Stephen (2009). Jane's Fighting Ships 2009-2010. Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0710628886.
* Fairplay International Shipping Journal Volume 222. United Kingdom: Fairplay Publishing Limited. 1967.

vteLSM-1-class landing ships medium :

Preceded by: None

Followed by: LSM(R)-188 class :

List of United States Navy amphibious warfare ships :

