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LSM-45


Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Delta - Kilo
 NVDK
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 - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal

USS LSM-45 was transferred to Greece, and named HS Ipopliarkhos Grigoropoulos (L-161)
LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:
  • Laid down at Brown Shipyard Co, Houston TX. (date unknown)
  • Launched, 30 June 1944
  • Commissioned USS LSM-45, 31 July 1944, LT. Charles D. Freight USNR, in command
  • During World War II LSM-45 was assigned to the Pacific Theater and saw service in the Philippines
  • Decommissioned, 27 March 1947 at Green Cove Springs, FL.
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Florida Group, Green Cove Springs
  • Transferred, 3 Nov 1958 to Greece, renamed HS Ipopliarkhos Grigoropoulos (L-161)
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, returned to US, to be refurbished as a floating Museum and put on display at Jacksonville, N.C.
    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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    USS LSM-45
    LSM-5 103k LSM-45 in the Philippines, date unknown.. Photo Courtesy Jim Tusing LSM-372, Editor "Alligator Alley" The Newsletter of the USS LSM - LSMR Association
    LSM-5 80k LSM-45 beached at Cebu, P.I., 1945. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-45 50k LSM-45 underway, circa 1946, place unknown.
    Photo by ©Atlantic Fleet Sales Co.    		 Brian Kirchhoff
    Freedom Park
    LSM-45 64k LSM-45 in San Francisco Bay, circa 1945-46.
    US Navy photo # NH79847. US Naval Historical Center, courtesy D.H. McPherson.    		 Brian Kirchhoff Freedom Park
    HS Ipopliarkhos Grigoropoulos (L-161)
    LSM-45 68k ex LSM-45 in Greek service as HS Ipopliarkhos Grigoropoulos (L-161) LSM/LSMR Association Web Site
    LSM-45 49k HS Ipopliarkhos Grigoropoulos (L-161) underway, circa 1967, location unknown. Robert Hurst
    LSM/LSMR Association
    LSM-45 25k Ex-LSM-45 on the Mississippi River, on her way to Freedom Park, Omaha, NE. photo caption reads " At 0945 Greenwich Mean Time, Wednesday, 5 August 1998, all mooring lines from the IPOPLIARKHOS GRIGOROPOULOS (L 161), former USS LSM-45, cast off from the dock at the Hellenic Naval Base, Skaramanga, Greece, and the ship came under the full control of the USS LSM-LSMR ASS'n. She was then made ready for the long trip to Freedom Park, Omaha, Nebraska, USA, where it will represent the Amphibious Ships of World War II." LSM/LSMR Association Web Site
    LSM-45 66k Ex-LSM-45 at Freedom Park, Omaha, NE. circa 2003. Daniel Flanigan
    LSM-45 66k Ex-LSM-45 at Freedom Park, Omaha, NE. circa 2003. Daniel Flanigan
    LSM-45 44k Ex-LSM-45 moored pierside at US Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., August 2006. Note the mast has been removed and placed in the well deck. James Tusing
    The DANFS history extract for LSM-45 is from LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1997. (ISBN 1-56311-389-9).
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