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USS Grand River (LSMR-505)
ex
 USS LSM(R)-505 (1945 - 1955)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
LSM(R) 501 Class Landing Ship Medium (Rocket):
  • Laid down, 31 March 1945, at Brown Ship Building Co, Houston, TX.
  • Launched, 28 April 1945
  • Commissioned USS LSM(R)-505, 14 June 1945, LT. Hall B. Wessinger, USN in command
  • During World War II USS LSM(R)-505 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LSM(R) Flotilla Eighteen, CAPT. C. F. Macklin USN
     LSM(R) Group Forty-Three
     LSM(R) Division One Hundred Five
  • Decommissioned, 20 May 1946, at Astoria, OR.
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group
  • Named USS Grand River (LSM(R)-505, 1 October 1955
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 October 1958
  • Final Disposition, sold in 1959, to Foss Launch & Tug Co., Seattle, WA, converted to a barge, sold for scrapping between 1989 and 1991
    LSM(R) Specifications:
    Displacement 758 t.(light), 993 t. (attack) 1,175 t. (fully loaded)
    Length 206' 3"
    Beam 34' 6"
    Draft light, 5' 4" (mean), attack 6' 9" (mean), fully loaded 7' 9" (mean)
    Speed 13 kts.
    Complement 6 officers, 137 enlisted
    Armament
    one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount
    two twin 40mm AA gun mounts
    four twin 20mm AA gun mounts
    ten twin continuous loading 5" SS rocket launchers
    four 4.2" mortars
    Armor 10-lb. STS on conning station, pilot-house, radio room, radar plot, and rocket control, 10-lb. ASPP around 40 and 20mm gun mounts and directors
    Endurance 3,000 miles @ 13kts
    Propulsion
    two General Motors 16-287A (non-reversing with airflex clutch) Diesel engines, direct drive with 1,440 BHP each @ 720rpm
    Ship's Service Generators
     four Diesel-drive 100Kw 450V A.C.
     two Diesel-drive 20Kw 120V D.C.
    twin screws 2,800 shp
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    USS LSM(R)-505
    LSMR 505 60k USS LSM(R)-505 under way, date and location unknown. Tom Carbarnes to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSMR 505 110k USS LSM(R)-505 under way, date and place location. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSMR 501/505/503 88k USS LSM(R)-505, USS LSM(R)-501, USS LSM(R)-503 and an unidentified LSMR moored in a nest, date and location unknown. Innocent Hoel to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    Merchant Service
    LSMR 505 83k ex-USS Grand River LSM(R)-505 in commercial service as the Bell Marine Sand Co. barge Bell 157 loaded with sand from the Carquinez Strait. She is tied up at Port Costa, CA. waiting for the ebb tide to depart for Redwood City, CA., date unknown. Frank Post USS LSM-4 to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSMR 505 95k Barge Bell 157 arriving at the Port of Redwood City, from Port Costa, CA., date unknown. Frank Post USS LSM-4 to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSMR 505 100k Barge Bell 157 arriving at the Port of Redwood City, from Port Costa, CA., date unknown. Frank Post USS LSM-4 to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    USS LSM(R)-505 / USS Grand River LSM(R)-505
    Dictionary of American Navy Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    USS LSM-LSMR Association
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