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LSM-32

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 (2) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippine Liberation Medal (1)
LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:
  • Laid down, 14 May 1944, at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston TX.
  • Launched, 6 June 1944
  • Commissioned USS LSM-32, 8 July 1944, LT Robert B. Youngblood USNR, in command
  • During World War II LSM-32 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the:
  • Decommissioned, 29 December 1945 at Terminal Island, San Pedro, CA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown)
  • Sold, 11 February 1948, to Charles Weaver & Co., Detroit, MI., for conversion to a barge, Official Number (259793); sold to Tidewater Barge Lines, Vancouver, WA., renamed Onondaga, used to transport wheat, currently in use as a tie-off barge
  • LSM-32 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" 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-32 74k LSM-32 depicted underway in a photo of a painting by George Thompson LSM-32. Includes Specifications and Ports of Call. George Thompson LSM-32
    Courtesy Jim Tusing LSM-372,
    Editor "Alligator Alley" The Newsletter
    of the USS LSM - LSMR Association
    LSM-32 94k LSM-32 and LCI(L)-992 entering ABSD-6 at Guam, date unknown. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-32 64k ex LSM-32 now in use by Tidewater Barge Lines as a tie off barge on the Columbia River, February 2003. Photo by Ron Gray, Captain
    LSM-32 35k ex LSM-32 now in use by Tidewater Barge Lines as a tie off barge on the Columbia River, March 2003. Photo by Ron Gray, Captain
    LSM-32 62k ex LSM-32, after almost 50 years of use her side number is still visible, March 2003. Photo by Ron Gray, Captain
    The DANFS history extract for LSM-32 is from LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1997. (ISBN 1-56311-389-9).
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