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USS LSM-61


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Echo - Romeo
 NVER
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal
LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:
  • Laid down, 7 July 1944, at Brown Ship Building Co., Houston, TX.
  • Launched, 29 July 1944
  • Commissioned USS LSM-61, 2 September 1944, LTjg. Charles A. Miller, USNR in command
  • During World War II USS LSM-61 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LSM Flotilla Six, CDR. A. R. Quinn, USN
     LSM Group Sixteen, LCDR. J. T. Brugger Jr. USNR;
     LSM Division Thirty-One and participated in the following campaign:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and Occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 2 April to 18 June 1945

  • Following World War II USS LSM-61 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 17 September to 10 November 1945
  • Decommissioned, 21 March 1946, at Norfolk Navy Yard, Portsmouth, VA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 17 April 1946
  • USS LSM-61 earned one battle star for World War II service
  • Final Disposition, sold in May 1947 to Angelo Conti Inc., New York, N.Y., fate unknown
    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 twin 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
    Fuel Capacity
    Diesel 1,225 Bbls
    Troop Accommodations
    2 officers
    46 enlisted
    Armor 10-lb. STS splinter shield to gun mounts, pilot house and conning station
    Endurance 4,900 miles @ 12kts.(928 tons displacement)
    Propulsion
    two Fairbanks Morse (model 38D81/8X10, reversible with hydraulic clutch) Diesel engines, direct drive with 1,440 BHP each @ 720rpm
    Ship's Service Generators
     two Diesel-drive 100Kw 450V A.C.
     one Diesel-drive 20Kw 120V D.C.
    twin propellers, 2,800shp
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    LSM-61 49k USS LSM-61, USS LSM-221 and USS LSM-165 beached at Botangas Bay, P.I., circa August-September 1945. William Lewis to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-61 61k USS LSM-61 beached, date and location unknown. Robert Benner to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-154 165k USS LSM-154 (at left), USS LSM-61 (center) and an unidentified LSM (right), beached at Senami, Honshu Island, Japan, circa late-1945-early-1946. Dan Kovalchik in honor of his father, SK2 John "Tiny" Kovalchik USS LSM-154
    The history extract for USS LSM-61 is from LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1997. (ISBN 1-56311-389-9).
    Commanding Officers
    01LTjg. Miller, Charles Albert, USNR2 September 1944 - 4 November 1945
    02LTjg. Carson, James D., USNR4 November 1945 - 21 March 1946
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    USS LSM-LSMR Association
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