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LSM-34

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive)
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (4) - World War II Victory Medal
Third Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippine Liberation Medal (2)

LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:

Laid down (date unknown) at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston,

Launched (date unknown)

Commissioned USS LSM-34, 13 July 1944, LT Howard J. Hicks, USNR, in command

During World War II LSM-34 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the:

Leyte operation;
(a) Leyte Landing, 13 October 29 November 1944
(b) Ormoc Bay Landing, 7 to 8 December 1944

Luzon operation;
(a) Mindoro Landings, 12 to 18 December 1944
(b) Lingayen Gulf landings, 16 to 18 January 1945

Manila Bay-Bicol operations;
(a) Mariveles-Corregidor, 14 to 28 February 1945

Consolidation of the southern Philippines;
(a) Mindanao Island landings, 10 March 1945, 17 to 23 April 1945, and 10 to 16 May 1945

Decommissioned, 18 August 1946, at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C.

Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)

Final Disposition, sold, 2 December 1947, to Georgia Marine Salvage Co., Inc., Brunswick, GA. for conversion to a barge, fate unknown

LSM-34 earned four battle stars for World War II service

Specifications:
Displacement 520 t.(light), 743 t. (landing) 1,095 t.(fully loaded)

Length 203' 6"

Beam 34' 6"

Draft light, 3' 6" forward, 7' 8" aft, fully loaded, 6' 4" forward, 8' 3" aft

Speed 13.2kts. (max.), (928 tons displacement)

Complement 4 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 Accommodations 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)

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
66k	*LSM-34* landing troops in the Philippines, date and place unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
44k	*LSM-34* beached in the Philippines, date and place unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
77k	From front to back: an LCVP landing craft, *LSM-258, LSM-34* and an unidentified LSM unloading troops and equipment during the landing at White Beach, Leyte, 20 October 1944.	Contributed in the name of Purl Allan Ferrier, S1/c, SV-6 USNR, USS LSM-87 by Vicki Purl Ferrier-Taylor
113k	*LSM-34* crew on the beach at Mindoro, date unknown.	Ralph E. Robinson USS LSM-34
65k	*LSM-34* at Guam, December 1945, she is on her way stateside. Note the homeward bound pennant. Also of note are the symbols on the conning tower representing the two Japanese planes *LSM-34* was officially credited with shooting down.	Ralph E. Robinson USS LSM-34
77k	*LSM-169, LSM-34, LSM-319* and *LSM-315* as well as two unidentified LSMs alongside and unidentified tender or repair ship at Subic Bay, P.I., date unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
Fleet Reserve Association

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Last Updated 17 February 2006