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LSM-82

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is top to botton, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:
  • Laid down (date unknown) at Brown Ship Building Co., Houston, TX.
  • Launched (date unknown)
  • Commissioned USS LSM-82, 7 October 1944, LT. Frederic S. Dean, Jr., USNR in command
  • During World War II LSM-82 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the:
  • Followintg World War II LSM-82 performed occupation duty in the Far East including China Service
  • Decommissioned, 15 March 1946, at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C.
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Sold, 29 December 1947, for commercial service to Georgia Marine Salvage Co., Inc., Brunswick, GA.
  • Final Disposition, scrapped in 1961
  • LSM-82 earned one battle star 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-82 47k LSM-82 landing men and tanks of the 713 Flame Thrower Tank Battalion, during the invasion of Okinawa, circa 2 April to 17 June 1945. Bill Faulkner, LSM-82,
    Photo Courtesy Jim Tusing LSM-372,
    Editor "Alligator Alley" The Newsletter
    of the USS LSM - LSMR Association
    LSM-82 63k LSM-82 and LSM-28 beached at Okinawa along with other LSMs in 1945. William H. Bearfered to the USS LSM - LSMR Association
    LSM-82 78k LSM-82 with other LSMs in China in 1945, place unknown. W. H. Faulkner to the USS LSM - LSMR Association
    The DANFS history extract for LSM-82 is from LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1997. (ISBN 1-56311-389-9).
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