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USS LSM-111

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - India - Mike
NVIM

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, 14 October 1944, at Brown Ship Building Co., Houston, TX.

Launched, 4 November 1944

Commissioned USS LSM-111, 26 November 1944, ENS. Ralph D. Cline, USN in command

During World War II USS LSM-111 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LSM Flotilla Eleven;
LSM Group Thirty-One;
LSM Division Sixty-One

Following World War II USS LSM-111 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 16 September to 1 December 1945

Decommissioned, 4 May 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

Sold, date unknown,) for merchant service, resold in 1963, to Foss Launch & Tug Co., Seattle, WA., converted to a work boat for Alaskan service, and named Alaska Constructor, resold in 1968, to Chignik Fisheries Co., Juneau, AK. and converted 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

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
USS LSM-111
	71k	USS LSM-111 and *LCT-1203* beached at Okinawa in the fall of 1945.	Submitted by Jon Strupp for Thomas Malke USS LSM-111
	84k	USS LSM-111 beached at Okinawa in the fall of 1945. The two officers in this photo are left, LT. Ralph Dale Cline, the commanding officer, and right, LTjg. Edward H. Judson	Submitted by Jon Strupp for Thomas Malke USS LSM-111
	69k	USS LSM-111 and USS LSM-474 moored in a nest at Nagasaki, Japan, date unknown.	Tom O'Connor to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
Merchant Service
	61k	Ex-*LSM-111* in merchant service as the workboat *Alaska Constructor*, underway in Alaskan waters, date unknown. Photo by Steve McCutcheon, Mac's Foto, Anchorage.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
	137k	*Alaska Constructor, and ex-LSM-116* in merchant service as the workboat *Alaska Roughneck* beached in Alaskan waters, date unknown	USS LSM / LSMR Association

Commanding Officers
01	ENS. Cline, Ralph Dale, USN	26 November 1944 - December 1945
02	LTjg. Wahley, John W.,USNR	December 1945 - 4 May 1946


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler

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

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