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LSM-39


USS LST-16 was purchased by Ecuador and named BAE Jambeli
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 (4) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippine Liberation Medal (3)
LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:
  • Laid down (date unknown) at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, TX.
  • Launched (date unknown)
  • Commissioned USS LSM-39, 21 July 1944, LTjg Grover C. Hollwell, USNR in command
  • During World War II LSM-39 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Leyte operation
    Ormoc Bay landings, 11 to 13 December 1944     		Consolidation and capture of the Southern Philippines
    Mindanao Island landings, 10 March 1945, and 10 to 16 May 1945
    Sulu Archipelago landings, 2 to 4 April 1945 and 9 to 11 April 1945
    Manila Bay-Bicol operation
    Mariveles-Corregidor, 14 to 28 February 1945     		Borneo operation
    Balikpapan Operations, 26 June to 6 July 1945

  • Decommissioned, 13 March 1946, at San Diego, CA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Sold, December 1946, to J.C. Berkwit & Co., New York, N.Y,
  • Purchased by Ecuador in 1958, named BAE Jambeli transported people and material between the mainland and the Galapagos Islands.
  • Retired by the Ecuadorian Navy in 1980
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • LSM-39 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" 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-39 15k LSM-39 beached and off loading equipment, date and location unknown. Paul Burket USS LSM-341
    The DANFS history extract for LSM-39 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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