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LSM-63

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 - Philippines 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-63, 30 August 1944, LTjg. Robert B. Hintz, USNR in command
  • During World War II LSM-63 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the:
  • Decommissioned, 7 May 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, sold 5 November 1947, to Robert P. Miller, McAllen, TX,, fate unknown
  • LSM-63 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-63 90k LSM 63 at Lingayen Gulf, P.I. along with LST-463 and numerous other ships on D-Day, 9 January 1945. In the foreground is a downed Japanese aircraft brought down by anti-aircraft fire from the invasion fleet.
    US photo # NH 91270 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-63 66k LSM 63 underway in San Francisco Bay, 1945-46.
    US photo # NH 79849 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, courtesy D.M. McPherson,1974.    		 Dale Piper to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-52,64,63,13 41k Photo taken from LSM 52 as she "nested" with (from left to right) LSM's 64, LSM-63 and LSM-13.
    Photo from the Geoge F Crouse Collection, photo No, a78.    		 Submitted by Gary F. Crouse, in honor of his deceased father
    George F. Crouse who served as a MoMM 1 (Motor Machinist Mate First Class) in LSM-52
    The DANFS history extract for LSM-63 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
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