Please report any broken links or trouble you might come across to the Webmaster. Please take a moment to let us know so that we can correct any problems and make your visit as enjoyable and as informative as possible.

NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive

LSM-67

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 at Brown Ship Building Co., Houston, TX. (date unknown)

Launched (date unknown)

Commissioned USS LSM-67, 8 September 1944, LTjg. Kenneth D. Higgins, USNR in command

During World War II LSM-67 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following actions:

Luzon operation;
(a) Lingayen Gulf landings, 9 January 1945
Manila Bay-Bicol operations;
(a) Zambales-Subic Bay operation, 29 to 31 January 1945
Consolidation and capture of the Southern Philippines;
(a) Palawan Islands landings, 1 to 2 March 1945
(b) Mindanao Island landings, 12 July 1945
Borneo operation;
(a) Brunei Bay operation, 10 to 14 June 1945

Decommissioned, 12 June 1946, at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C.

Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, in December 1946, to J.C. Berkwit Co., New York, N.Y.

LSM-67 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" o.a.
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 six 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)

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
69k	*LSM 67* underway in San Francisco Bay, 1945-46. US Navy photo # NH 79850 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, courtesy D.M. McPherson, 1974.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
83k	*ABSD-1* at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, with *LSM-67* and *LSM-218* in the dock, 17 November 1944. US Navy photo, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
97k	*ABSD-1* at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, with, front, left to right *LSM-67* and *LSM-218* and at the rear, left to right, *LSM-269* and *LSM-219*, 17 November 1944. US Navy photo, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
90k	*ABSD-1* at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, with, front, left to right *LSM-67* and *LSM-218* and at the rear, left to right, *LSM-269* and *LSM-219, 17 November 1944. US Navy photo # NH 22082A*, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.	Bill Brinkley and the USS LSM/LSMR Association
138k	*LSM 52* and *LSM-67* embarking Japanese Prisoners of War on Saturday, 6 October 1945 at Pulupandan Beach, Negros Island, Philippines. Photo A70 from the George F. Crouse collection.	Submitted by Gary F. Crouse, in honor of his deceased father George F. Crouse MoMM 1 USS LSM-52

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
USS LSM / LSMR Association

Back to the Navsource Photo Archives Main Page

Back To the Amphibious Ship Type Index

Back To The Landing Ship Medium (LSM) Photo Index

Comments, Suggestions, E-mail Webmaster.