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USS LSM-62

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Echo - Tango
NVET

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 - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal

USS LSM-62 was transferred to the Republic of China (Taiwan)

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-62, 27 August 1944, LT. Herman W. Liehr USNR in command

During World War II USS LSM-62 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 campaign:

Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and Occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 2 April to 17 June 1945

Following World War II USS LSM-62 was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
20 September 1945 to 6 May 1946	8 to 29 May 1946

Decommissioned, struck from the Naval Register, and turned over to the Republic of China, 29 May 1946, at Shanghai, China

USS LSM-62 earned one battle star for World War II service

Final Disposition, 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

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
80k	USS LSM-62 anchored at San Fernando, Luzon, P.I., 1945.	Donald W. Kehl
131k	USS LSM-62 beached at Okinawa, circa 2 April to 17 June 1945.	Patrick Wills Courtesy George Neuman MoMM2/c USS LSM-62
134k	USS LSM-62 off the Okinawa beachhead with a load of tanks., circa 2 April to 17 June 1945.	Patrick Wills Courtesy George Neuman MoMM2/c USS LSM-62
129k	USS LSM-62 beached at Okinawa, 1945	Donald W. Kehl to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
69k	USS LSM-62 under way at Yokosuka, Japan, May 1946	Donald W. Kehl to the USS LSM / LSMR Association

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Liehr, Herman W., USNR	27 August 1944 - December 1945
02	LTjg. Oswald Jr., Charles E., USNR	December 1945 - March 1946
03	LTjg. Kozeny, Oral A., USNR	March 1946 - 29 May 1946


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
USS LSM-LSMR Association

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