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LSM-550 / ARSD-2 Mender

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal
Bottom Row - Korean Service Medal (2) - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)
Gypsy Class Salvage Lifting Vessel:
  • Authorized as LSM-550
  • Reclassified ARSD-2, 24 April 1945
  • Named Mender, 1 May 1945
  • Laid down, 25 August 1945, at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, TX.
  • Launched, 7 December 1945
  • Commissioned USS Mender (ARSD-2), 8 March 1946, LCDR A. V. Swarthout in command.
  • Decommissioned, 21 January 1948, at San Diego, CA.
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group
  • Recommissioned, 12 September 1951
  • Decommissioned, 20 December 1955, at Astoria, OR.
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group, Astoria
  • Transferred (date unknown) to Pacific Reserve Fleet San Diego
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 June 1973
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping by the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service (DRMS), 1 January 1974
  • Mender (ARSD-2) received two battle stars for her Korean 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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