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USS LSM-92


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Hotel - Alpha
 NVHA
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, Iwo Jima, 20FEB45)
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal
LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:
  • Laid down, 7 September 1944, at Brown Ship Building Co., Houston TX.
  • Launched, 30 September 1944
  • Commissioned USS LSM-92, 24 October 1944, LTjg. John Grandin, USNR in command
  • During World War II LSM-92 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 19 February to 16 March 1945
  • Decommissioned, 16 April 1946, at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Sold, 2 December 1947, to Georgia Marine Salvage Co., Inc., Brunswick, GA.
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • USS LSM-92 earned one battle star for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 520 t.(light), 743 t. (landing) 1,095 t.(fully loaded)
    Length 203' 6"
    Beam 34' 6"
    Draft light, 3' 6" forward, 7' 8" aft, fully loaded, 6' 4" forward, 8' 3" aft
    Speed 13.2 kts. (max.), (928 tons displacement)
    Complement 5 officers, 54 enlisted
    Armament one single bow mounted 40mm gun, four single 20mm gun mounts
    Vehicle/Boat Capacity 5 medium or 3 heavy tanks, or 6 LVT's, or 9 DUKW's
    Troop Accommodations 2 officers, 46 enlisted
    Armor 10-lb. STS splinter shield to gun mounts, pilot house and conning station
    Propulsion two Fairbanks Morse (model 38D81/8X10, reversible with hydraulic clutch) diesels. Direct drive with 1,440 BHP each @ 720rpm, twin screws, Endurance, 4,900 miles @ 12kts.(928 tons displacement)
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    LSM-92 54k Scene on the Iwo Jima beach, as unloading progresses, 20 February 1945. Note: bogged-down "halftrack" (carrying a large gun) at right, swamped LCM from USS Belle Grove (LSD-2) in center, USS LSM-92 beyond, and Mount Suribachi in the distance.
    US National Archives photo # 80-G-303924.    		 Photo Courtesy Jim Tusing LSM-372, Editor "Alligator Alley" The Newsletter of the USS LSM - LSMR Association
    LSM-92 68k USS LSM-92 beached, date and location unknown. Donald Danielson to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    The DANFS history extract for LSM-92 is from LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1997. (ISBN 1-56311-389-9).
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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