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USS LSM(R)-189

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Oscar - November
NVON

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, 12 April 1945) - Navy Unit Commendation
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal
Individual Awards

Purple Heart (2 WIA, 12 April 1945)

LSM(R)-188 Class Landing Ship Medium (Rocket):

Laid down, 17 August 1944, at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C.

Launched, 12 September 1944

Commissioned USS LSM(R)-189, 15 November 1944, LT. James M. Stewart USNR in command

During WWII USS LSM(R)-189 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LSM Flotilla Nine, CDR. D. L. Francis USN (23);
LSM Group Twenty-Seven, LCDR. J. H. Fulweiler USNR;
LSM Division Fifty-Three and participated in the following campaign:

Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 26 March to 3 June 1945

Damaged when struck by a Japanese Kamikaze plane, 12 April 1945 while on radar picket duty off Okinawa

Decommissioned, 31 January 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, 25 February 1946

USS LSM(R)-189 was awarded the Navy Unit Commendation for her actions off Okinawa and one battle star for World War II service

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 17 February 1948, to National Metal & Steel Corp., Terminal Island, CA.

Specifications:
Displacement 758 t. (light), 783 t.(attack) 961 t. (fl)
Length 203' 6" oa
Beam 34' 6"
Draft 6' 6" (lim)
Speed 13.1 kts. (trial)

Complement

5 officers

76 enlisted

Armor

10-STS on conning tower, pilot-house, radio room, radar plot, and rocket control

10-lb, ASPP around 40 and 20mm mounts and directors

Armament

one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount

two single 40mm AA gun mounts

three single 20mm AA gun mounts

four 4.2 mortars

seventy-five 4-rail MK36, thirty 6-rail MK 30 rocket launchers

Fuel Capacity Diesel 1,225 Bbls

Endurance 3,000 miles @ 12kts. (est.)

Propulsion

two General Motors 16-278A Diesel engines
Ship's Service Generators
two Diesel-drive 100Kw 450V A.C.
two Diesel-drive 29Kw 120V D.C.

twin propellers, 2,800shp

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
92k	Rockets from USS LSM(R)-196, USS LSM(R)-188 and USS LSM(R)-189 set fires on Tokishi Shima, March 1945 US Navy BuAer photo # 311757.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
62k	USS LSM(R)-189 and *LSM(R)-197*, two of the seven LSM(R)s comprising Groups 53 and 54 arriving home at the Port of Los Angeles, 8 October 1945, after the conclusion of World War II.	Photo by LTjg. Laurie R. Russell, USNR, Gunnery Officer, USS LSM(R) 191.
88k	Seven LSM(R)s comprising Groups 53 and 54 arriving home at the Port of Los Angeles, 8 October 1945, after the conclusion of World War II. Identifiable in this photo are *LSM(R)-197* and *LSM(R)-189*. A "Los Angeles Times" photo, dated 9 October 1945.	Jana Teehan

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Stewart, James Malcom, USNR	15 November 1944 - 27 August 1945
02	LTjg. Adams, William E., USNR	27 August 1945 - 31 January 1946


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
USS LSM-LSMR Association

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
USS LSMR 188 - 199
C.T.G. 52.21 (LSM Flotilla Nine)'s Action Report IE SHIMA and Southeastern OKINAWA, 2 April through 20 April 1945

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