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LSM(R)-198

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive - Okinawa) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

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

Laid down, 6 September 1944, at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C.

Launched, 14 October 1944

Commissioned USS LSM(R)-198, 12 December 1944, LT. George B. Timmerman Jr., USNR, in command

During WWII LSM(R)-198 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the:

Okinawa Gunto operation;
(a) Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 26 March to 17 June 1945

Decommissioned, 17 January 1946, at Terminal Island Navy Yard, San Pedro, CA.

Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 18 February 1948, to National Metal & Steel Co., Terminal Island, CA.

LSM(R)-198 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" 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 and eighty-five MK 51 automatic 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
69k	*LSM(R)-198* along with *LSM(R)-197* and other LSMRs firing rockets at either Okinawa or Kerama Rhetto in April 1945.	George W. Addison Jr. XO, USS LSM(R)-198 Photo Courtesy Jim Tusing USS LSM-372, Editor "Alligator Alley" The Newsletter of the USS LSM - LSMR Association
33k	*LSM(R)-198* underway, date and place unknown.	Bill Brinkley and the USS LSM-LSMR Association
120k	*LSM(R)-198* with *LSM(R)-197* and other LSMRs underway, date and place unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
56k	*LSM(R)-198* amongst the big guns. That's her passing inboard of the battleship!	USS LSM / LSMR Association
15k	*LSM(R)-198* along with LSM(R)-196 and other LSMRs firing rockets at either Okinawa or Kerama Rhetto in April 1945.	Paul Burket USS LSM-341
128k	*LSM(R)s-196, 198, 199* firing rockets at Okinawa, 1945 US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives	National Association of USS LCS(L) 1-130
52k	*LSM(R)-198* at anchor, nested with *LSM(R)-199* and *LSM(R)-192*, date and place unknown.	Photo Courtesy Jim Tusing USS LSM-372 Editor "Alligator Alley" The Newsletter of the USS LSM - LSMR Association
86k	The sad fate of *LSM(R)-198* and other LSM types as they await there turn to be dismantled and scrapped in the breaker yard after the war. *LSM(R)-198* is at the far end of the line of ships being dismantled at the National Metal & Steel Co., Terminal Island, CA., circa 1948.	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

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
USS LSM / LSMR Association

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