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LSM-42


USS LSM-42 was transferred to the Republic of China, seized by People's Republic of China and redesignated HUA-208
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (4) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal (3)
Individual Awards

Purple Heart (C. Ray Johnston, MoMM, wounded in action during Ormoc Bay landings)
LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:
  • Laid down, 28 May 1944, at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, TX.
  • Launched, 22 June 1944
  • Commissioned USS LSM-42, 4 August 1944, LT Seymour I. Burton, USNR in command
  • During World War II LSM-42 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the:
  • Decommissioned, 4 June 1946, at Shanghai, China, and transferred that same date to the Republic of China (Nationalist China)
  • Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown)
  • Seized in October 1949 by the People's Republic of China forces, redesignated HUA-208
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • LSM-42 earned four battle stars for World War II service and three battle stars for the Philippines Liberation campaign
    Specifications:
    Displacement 520 t.(light), 743 t. (landing) 1,095 t.(fully loaded)
    Length 203' 6" (ovl)
    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-42 33k LSM-42 beached at Leyte Gulf, 1944 Joe Johnston son of C. Ray Johnston, MoMM,
    USS LSM-42 wounded in action during Ormoc Bay landings
    LSM-42 33k LSM-42 beached at Tokyo Bay, 1945 Joe Johnston son of C. Ray Johnston, MoMM,
    USS LSM-42 wounded in action during Ormoc Bay landings
    LSM-267 95k LSM-267, LSM-42 and LSM-38 beached at Morotai, Dutch East Indies, 16 June 1945 Robert Benner to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-42 76k LSM-42 underway off Morotai in 1945. Photo probably taken from HMAS Manoora Peter Johnson, son of Stoker Richard Lawrence (Laurie) Johnson RAN, HMAS Manoora
    The DANFS history extract for LSM-42 is from LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1997. (ISBN 1-56311-389-9).
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