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LSM-64

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 (3) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippine Liberation Medal (2)
LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:
  • Laid down (date unknown) at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, TX.
  • Launched (date unknown)
  • Commissioned USS LSM-64, 30 August 1944, LT. Gordon E. Von Kalinowski, USNR, in command
  • During World War II LSM-64 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the:
  • Decommissioned, 21 June 1946, at Terminal Island, San Pedro, CA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Sold, 19 February 1948, to R. J. MacCallum, Compton, CA. and modified for use as a towboat, Official Number (277141), renamed Captain J.G. Van Ness
  • Current Disposition, resold to Tidewater Barge Lines, Vancouver, WA., rebuilt and renamed Tidewater, in 1982, in commercial service on the Columbia and Snake Rivers'
  • LSM-64 earned three 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-64 41k LSM-64, beached and unloading, date and place unknown.
    Photo from the George F. Crouse Collection, photo No, D09.    		 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
    LSM-52,64,63,13 41k Nested left to right LSM-64, LSM-63, and LSM-13 Photo taken from LSM 52, date and place unknown.
    Photo from the George 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
    LSM-497 50k LSM-64 and sixteen additional LSMs moored at Apra Guam, waiting for orders to return to the United State, January 1946. Other LSMs that can be identified are LSM-286, LSM-497, LSM-203, LSM-219, LSM-68. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    Commercial Service
    LSM-64 67k ex LSM-64 in service as a towboat on the Columbia River, prior to being rebuilt and renamed Captain J.G. Van Ness in 1958. Ron Gray/Captain
    LSM-64 89k ex LSM-64 in service as the towboat Captain J.G. Van Ness on the Columbia River, 1973, prior to being rebuilt and renamed Tidewater in 1982. Ron Gray/Captain
    LSM-64 63k ex LSM-64 in service as the towboat Tidewater, in the lock at The Dalles Dam. date unknown. Ron Gray/Captain
    LSM-64 62k ex LSM-64, towboat Tidewater at Ice Harbor Lock & Dam on the Columbia River, 15 September 1999 Ron Gray/Captain
    LSM-64 39k ex LSM-64, towboat Tidewater at right and ex LSM-310 towboat The Legend at left, Columbia River, date unknown/ Ron Gray/Captain
    The DANFS history extract for LSM-64 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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    USS LSM / LSMR Association
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