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LSM-12


Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Alpha - Whiskey
 NVAW
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (Okinawa) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal
LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:
  • Laid down (date unknown) at Brown Shipbuilding Co, Houston, TX.
  • Launched (date unknown)
  • Commissioned USS LSM-12, 31 May 1944, LT Ashley W. Lindley, USNR in command
  • During WWII LSM-12 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the:following campaigns:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Luzon operation
    Lingayen Gulf landing, 9 January 1945     		Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 to 24 April 1945

  • Broached on the beach at Okinawa and broke up, 4 April 1945
  • Decommissioned, 24 April 1945, at Okinawa
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, hulk donated, 10 July 1957 to Government of Ryukyu Islands
  • LSM-12 earned two battle stars for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 520 t.(light), 743 t. (landing) 1,095 t.(fully loaded)
    Length 203' 6" o.a.
    Beam 34' 6"
    Draft light, 3' 6" forward, 7' 8" aft, fully loaded, 6' 4" forward, 8' 3" aft
    Speed 13.2 kts. (max.), (928 tons displacement)
    Complement 5 officers, 54 enlisted
    Armament
    one single bow mounted 40mm AA gun mount
    four single 20mm AA gun mounts
    Vehicle/Boat Capacity 5 medium or 3 heavy tanks, or 6 LVT's, or 9 DUKW's
    Troop Capacity 2 officers, 46 enlisted
    Armor 10-lb. STS splinter shield to gun mounts, pilot house and conning station
    Propulsion two Fairbanks Morse (model 38D81/8X10, reversible with hydraulic clutch) diesels. Direct drive with 1,440 BHP each @ 720rpm, twin screws, Endurance, 4,900 miles @ 12kts.(928 tons displacement)
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    LSM-12 51k LSM-12 nested in a mooring with other LSMs, date and place unknown. Ken Roberts to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-12 58k LSM-12 beached, date and place unknown. Dave Kroft to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-12 74k LSM-12 unloading a tank onto a rhino barge, date and location unknown. Hugh G. Cook to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-12 68k LSM-12 beached, date and place unknown. Dave Kroft to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-12 72k LSM-12 broached and abandoned on the coral reef off Okinawa, mid-April 1945. The ship was cannibalized for her spare parts. Photo by the late Seymour M. Fimoff, QM2/c, submitted by Raymond A. Biswanger, Jr., Ph.D., LT. USN Ret. USS LSM-9
    LSM-12 57k LSM-12 broached and abandoned on the coral reef off Okinawa, mid-April 1945. Photo by the late Seymour M. Fimoff, QM2/c, submitted by Raymond A. Biswanger, Jr., Ph.D., LT. USN Ret. USS LSM-9
    The DANFS history extract for LSM-12 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
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    USS LSM / LSMR Association
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