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USS LSM-101

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Hotel - Romeo
NVHR

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 - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:

Laid down, 23 September 1944, at Brown Ship Building Co., Houston, TX.

Launched, 14 October 1944

Commissioned USS LSM-101, 8 November 1944, LT. Rodeheaver H. Hicks USNR in command

During World War II USS LSM-101 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LSM Flotilla Nine, CDR. D. L. Francis USN (23);
LSM Group Twenty-Six, LCDR. L. Brouwer, USN;
LSM Division Fifty-One

Following World War II USS LSM-101 was assigned to Occupation Service in the Far East from 2 September 1945 to 21 March 1946

Decommissioned, 6 November 1946

Laid up in the Reserve Fleet

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

Final Disposition, sold, 28 October 1958, to Ship Supply Corp., Brooklyn, N.Y., for conversion to a barge, 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

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
102k	USS LSM-101 and Kiasutha (YTB-463) under way, date and location unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
71k	USS LSM-101 and USS LSM-208 beached while unloading cargo of the 136th Naval Construction Battalion, Japan, 30 August 1945.	Col R.H. Hicks to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
66k	USS LSM-101 moored pierside at Tokyo, Japan, 1945	Col R.H. Hicks to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
81k	USS LSM-101 beached at the Loran Station at O Shima, Japan (south of Tokyo Bay)	Col R.H. Hicks to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
48k	USS LSM-101 under way in San Francisco Bay in 1946. US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 79852. Courtesy D.M. McPherson, 1974.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
36k	USS LSM-282, USS LSM-101 and USS LSM-414 beached, date and location unknown.	Raymond Adams ENS USNR

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Hicks, Rodeheaver Halsey, USNR	8 November 1944 - 28 November 1945
02	LTjg. Grassmuck, George Ludwig, USNR	28 November 1945 - 1946
03	ENS. Borbidge, John Joseph, ENS USN, (USNA 1946)	1946 - 6 November 1946


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler

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

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