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USS LSM(R)-196 underway for acceptance trials, off Charleston, S.C., 15 December 1944.
a US Navy Yard Charleston, S.C. photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
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USS LSM(R)-196 underway during acceptance trials off Charleston, S.C., 15 December 1944.
US Navy Yard Charleston photo |
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USS LSM(R)-196 underway during acceptance trials off Charleston, S.C., 15 December 1944. Bow View.
US Navy Yard Charleston photo # 3632-44 |
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USS LSM(R)-197,
USS LSM(R)-196,
USS LSM(R)-198 and
USS LSM(R)-199 conducting a rocket attack, 26 March 1945, ont the town of Aka at Aka-Jima, Kerama Islands, Okinawa, Japan.
Frame from a short film called "Invasion of Aka Jima--Rocket Fire, Landings". U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Identifier 78137;
Local Identifier 428-NPC-7538; NAIL Control Number NWDNM(m)-428-NPC-7538 |
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USS LSM(R)-196 and USS LSM(R)-197 firing rockets, 26 March 1945, off the town of Aka, Aka-Jima,
Kerama Islands, Okinawa, Japan.
Frame from a short film called "Invasion of Aka Jamia--Rocket Fire, Landings". National Archives National Archives Identifier 78137; Local Identifier 428-NPC-7538;
NAIL Control Number NWDNM(m)-428-NPC-7538 |
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USS LSM(R)-196 underway passing an unidentified LSM port to port off Charleston, S.C., 15 December 1944. |
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USS LSM(R)-196 underway off Charleston, 16 December 1944. LSM(R)-196 had a simplified battery of 85 gravity-fed Mk 51 rocket launchers firing spin-stabilized rockets with a maximum range of 10,000 yds. The launch rail could elevate between 30 and 45 degrees. each launcher could accommodate 12 rockets.
Photo and text from "U.S. Amphibious Ships and Craft: An Illustrated Design History" by Norman Friedman |
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USS LSM(R)-196 crew members Joe Clapaftisi S1/c, at left, (note the "regulation" shoes) and Patrick Curtain RM3/c at right, loading rockets at Aka Shima, Ryukyu Islands, 31 March 1945.
US Navy photo # 313661 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
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USS LSM(R)-196 LSM(R)-198 and USS LSM(R)-199 firing rockets off Tokishi Shima, March 1945
US Navy photo # N-26605. |
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USS LSM(R)-196, USS LSM(R)-188 and USS LSM(R)-189's rockets set fires on Tokishi Shima, March 1945
US Navy BuAer photo # 311757. |
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USS LSM(R)-196 firing rockets off Tokishi Shima, March 1945
US Navy photo # USN 474951. |
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USS LSM(R)-196 firing rockets during the Okinawa campaign, date and location unknown. |
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USS LSM(R)-196 and LSM(R)-198 firing rockets at night, date and location unknown. |
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USS LSM(R)-196 crew members Bradly, Talboys and GM1 Staum prepare a rocket for firing, date and location unknown. GM1 Staum was killed by a shore battery attack on the ship, 1 April 1945.(See attached unofficial diary log of Lester Goff) He was probably buried at sea the next day according to Lester Goff. |
Lester Goff for his grandfather Lester Goff, LSM(R)-186 |
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USS LSM(R)-196 underway, date and location unknown. |
Paul Burket LSM-341 |
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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 in the second row of ships are, from outboard to inboard,
USS LSM(R)-199,
USS LSM(R)-188 and
USS LSM(R)-196. A Los Angeles Herald Express photo. |
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