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LSM(R)-190

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon - Navy Unit Commendation
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal
LSM(R)-188 Class Landing Ship Medium (Rocket):
  • Laid down, 27 August 1944, at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C.
  • Launched, 21 September 1944
  • Commissioned USS LSM(R)-190, 23 November 1944, LT. Richard H. Saunders, USNR in command
  • During WWII LSM(R)-190 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the:
  • Final Disposition, hit and sunk by Japanese Kamikaze plane off Okinawa, 4 May 1945, while on radar picket duty
  • Decommissioned and struck from the Naval Register (dates unknown)
  • LSM(R)-190 was awarded the Navy Unit Commendation for her actions off Okinawa and one battle star for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 758 t.(light), 983 t. (attack) 1,175 t.(fully loaded)
    Length 203' 6" oa
    Beam 34'
    Draft light, 5' 4" (est. mean); attack, 5' 8" (est. mean); fully loaded, 7' 9" (est. mean)
    Speed 13.2 kts. (max.)
    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 40mm AA guns, three 20mm AA guns. seventy-five 4-rail MK36, thirty 6-rail MK 30 rocket launchers
    Propulsion two General Motors (non-reversible with airflex clutch) diesels. Direct drive with 1,440 BHP each @ 720rpm, twin screws; Endurance, 3,000miles @ 12kts. (est.)
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    LSMR-196 73k LSM(R)-196 LSM(R)-190 and LSM(R)-199 firing rockets off Tokishi Shima, March 1945
    US Navy photo # N-26605.    		 USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSMR-190/188 101k LSM(R)-190 and LSM(R)-188 firing rockets off shore of Takashima, Ryukyus, date unknown.
    US Navy photo # BuAer 311761.    		 USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSMR-190 63k LSM(R)-190 firing rockets, date and place unknown. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    View C.T.G. 52.21 (LSM Flotilla Nine)'s Action Report
    IE SHIMA and Southeastern OKINAWA, 2 April through 20 April 1945
    The DANFS history extract for LSM(R)-190 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
    Fleet Reserve Association
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