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USS LSM-65


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Echo - Zulu
NVEZ
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 (4)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation Medal (2)


LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:
  • Laid down, 14 July 1944, at Brown Ship Building Co., Houston TX.
  • Launched, 5 August 1944
  • Commissioned USS LSM-65, 3 September 1944, LT. Leonard D. Stephens USN in command
  • During World War II USS LSM-65 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Luzon operation
    Lingayen Gulf landings, 9 January 1945
    Consolidation and capture of the southern Philippines
    Palawan Islands landings, 28 February to 1 March 1945
    Visayan Island landings, 18 to 19 March, and 26 March to 1 April 1945
    Manila Bay - Bicol operations
    Zambales-Subic Bay Operation, 31 January 1945
    Borneo operation
    Brunei Bay operation, 10 to 14 June 1945

  • Decommissioned, 8 April 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Sold, 14 August 1947, to Sturgeon Bay Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Sturgeon Bay, WI.
  • USS LSM-65 earned four battle stars 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

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    LSM-54/65/LCI-963 38k USS LSM-65, USS LSM-54 and USS LCI(L)-963 preparing to beach at Nasugbu, Luzon, P.I., 31 January 1945.
    US National Archives photo # 80-G-K-3153 a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.
    USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-65 296k USS LSM-65 and USS LSM-53 beached at Mindoro, P.I. circa February 1945.
    Photo courtesy Rene J. Fournier USS LSM-54
    Hugh Hudson
    LSM-65 45k USS LSM-65 and USS LSM-364, at San Diego, circa January-February 1946. Photo by Gene Brunman USS LSM-125

    The history for USS LSM-65 is from LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1997. (ISBN 1-56311-389-9).
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Stephens, Leonard D., USNR3 September 1944 - 29 July 1945
    02LT. Horman, Sidney L., USNR29 July 1945 - 6 November 1945
    03LTjg. McGary, Malcolm C., USNR6 November 1945 - 8 April 1946
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler

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