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LSM(R)-194

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - 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, 29 August 1944, at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C.

Launched, 7 October 1944

Commissioned USS LSM(R)-194, 21 November 1944, LTjg. Allen M. Hirshberg, USNR, in command

During WWII LSM(R)-194 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the:

Okinawa Gunto operation;
(a) Assault and occupation of Okinawa, 26 March to 4 May 1945

Final Disposition, hit and sunk by a Japanese kamikaze plane, 4 May 1945, off Okinawa while on radar picket duty

Decommissioned, and struck from the Naval Register (dates unknown)

LSM(R)-194 received the Navy Unit Commendation for her actions off Okinawa and earned one battle star for World War II service

Specifications:
Displacement 758 t.(light), 983 t.(attack) 1,175 t.(fully loaded)
Length 203' 6" ovl.
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 guns, three 20mm guns, seventy-five 4-rail MK36 rocket launchers, 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.)

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
59k	*LSM(R)-194* launching, 7 October 1944, at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
78k	*LSM(R)-194, port broadside view, passing under the Cooper River Bridge, Charleston, S.C., 2 December 1944. US Navy Yard Charleston photo 3515-44*.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
62k	*LSM(R)-194, port broadside view, passing under the Cooper River Bridge, Charleston, S.C., 2 December 1944. US Navy Yard Charleston photo 3520-44*.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
88k	*LSM(R)-194* mast and conning tower view, 2 December 1944. US Navy Yard Charleston photo.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
63k	*LSM(R)-194* off the beachhead at Okinawa with another LSM(R)-188 class LSM(R) and two LSTs *LST-871* and *LST-953*, 26 March to 4 May 1945.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
64k	*LSM(R)-194* in the distance with an unidentified LCI(R) in the foreground firing into caves on the beach at Zamai Shima, 1 April 1945. IS Navy photo N-26570A	USS LSM / LSMR Association
85k	*LSM(R)-194* underway off Okinawa, circa 26 March to 4 May 1945. National Archives photo	National Association of USS LCS(L) 1-130
106k	*LSM(R)-194* firing her rockets off Okinawa, 26 March to 4 May 1945. National Archives photo	National Association of USS LCS(L) 1-130
93k	*LSM(R)-194* underway, date and place unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
62k	*LSM(R)-194* underway, date and place unknown.	Hyperwar US Navy in World War II
42k	*LSM(R)-194* underway, date and place unknown.	Hyperwar US Navy in World War II
56k	*LSM(R)-194* underway, date and place unknown. Note single 5"/38 cal. gun mount aft.	Robert Hurst