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LSM-21

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 (5) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal (2)
LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:
  • Laid down, (date unknown), at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, TX.
  • Launched, (date unknown)
  • Commissioned USS LSM-21, 19 June 1944, Ens. Clarence L. Crayne, USN in command
  • During World War II LSM-21 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the:
  • Decommissioned, 23 March 1946, at San Diego, CA.
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Long Beach, CA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 21 December 1946, to National Metal & Steel Corp., Terminal Island, San Pedro, CA.
  • LSM-21 earned five battle stars for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 520 t.(light), 743 t. (landing) 1,095 t.(fully loaded)
    Length 203' 6" oa
    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-21 47k LSM-21 underway, date and place unknown. Hyperwar US Navy in World War II
    LSM-21 91k LSM-21 beached , on Red Beach, Leyte, P.I., D-Day, 20 October 1944. The LSM in the foreground is unidentified. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-21 81k LSM-21 beached , on Red Beach, Leyte, P.I., (date unknown). John Ratomski
    LSM-19/21/22 81k LSM-22, LSM-21, and LSM-19 beached at Mindanao, P.I., 22 April 1945. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-257 98k LSM-21 and LSM-257 beached while off loading equipment, date and place unknown. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-21 72k LSM-21 laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet at Long Beach Navy Yard, Long Beach, CA. LSM-21's port bow is visible in the lower left corner of this photo of LST-467.
    Photo by The Inman Co., Long Beach, CA.    		 Roy Coats to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    The DANFS history extract for LSM-21 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
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    USS LSM / LSMR Association
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