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LSM-10

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - 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-10, 29 May 1944, LTjg James W. Macky, USN in command
  • During WWII LSM-10 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the:
  • Decommissioned, 1 March 1946, at Charleston, S.C.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, sold, 13 November 1946, to A. G. Schoonmaker Co., New York, N.Y., fate unknown
  • LSM-10 earned one battle star 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 gun, four single 20mm 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-10 53k LSM-10 beached at Kawaihae, Hawaii, circa 9 September 1944. Raymond A. Biswanger, Jr., Ph.D., LT. USN Ret. USS LSM-9
    LSM-10 62k LSM-10 beached circa September 1944, location unknown. Robert Gray to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-10/119 37k LSM-10 and LSM-119, at Buckner Bay, Okinawa, date unknown. Photo by H. E. Freeman PhM/1c, LSM-116
    now in the collection of Robert C. Lozmack, BM/2c, USS LSM-116 and USS LSM-467
    LSM-471 49k LSM-10, LSM-471 and LCI(L)-797 beached at Leyte Island, Philippine Islands in September 1945. Richard Remley in honor of his father Harris T. Remley S1/c USS LSM-471
    The DANFS history extract for LSM-10 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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