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LSM-549 / ARSD-1 Gypsy

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal
Bottom Row - Korean Service Medal (3) - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)
Gypsy Class Salvage Lifting Vessel:
  • Authorized as LSM-549
  • Reclassified Salvage Lifting Vessel ARSD-1, 24 April 1945
  • Named Gypsy, 1 May 1945
  • Laid down at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, TX.
  • Launched, 7 December 1945
  • Commissioned USS Gypsy (ARSD-1), 18 March 1946, LCDR C. S. Homer in command
  • Decommissioned, 21 January 1948
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group
  • Recommissioned, 8 August 1951
  • During the Korean War Gypsy (ARSD-1) participated in the:
  • Decommissioned, 23 December 1955
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group, Astoria, OR.
  • Relocated in 1967 to the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 June 1973
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS), 1 January 1974
  • Gypsy (ARSD-1) earned three battle stars for Korean War service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 816 t.
    Length 224' 9"
    Beam 34' 10"
    Draft 8' 4"
    Speed 13 kts.
    Complement 65
    Armament none
    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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    Gypsy 53k Gypsy (ARSD-1) underway at Houston, TX., 20 February 1946. Completion photo, bow view 45° off centerline. Supervisor of Shipbuilding, U.S.N., Houston, TX. photo. USS LSM /LSMR Association
    Gypsy 78k Gypsy (ARSD-1) underway at Houston, TX., 20 February 1946. Completion photo, port broadside view. Supervisor of Shipbuilding, U.S.N., Houston, TX. photo. USS LSM /LSMR Association
    Gypsy 21k Gypsy (ARSD-1) moored to a buoy, date and place unknown. Contributed by Patrick Daly and
    The National Association of Fleet Tug Sailors
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    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center web site
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
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