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LSM-111

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 (date unknown) at Brown Ship Building Co., Houston, TX.
  • Launched (date unknown)
  • Commissioned USS LSM-111, 26 November 1944, LT. Ralph D. Cline, USN in command
  • During World War II LSM-111 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
  • Following World War II LSM-111 performed occupation duty until directed to return to the US
  • Decommissioned, 4 May 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Sold, (date unknown) for commercial 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
  • LSM-111 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" (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 single bow mounted 40mm AA gun, four single 20mm AA 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-111 71k LSM-111 and LCT-1203 beached at Okinawa in the fall of 1945. Submitted by Jon Strupp for
    Thomas Malke USS LSM-111
    LSM-111 84k 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
    LSM-111 69k LSM-111 and LSM-474 moored in a nest at Nagasaki, Japan, date unknown. Tom O'Connor to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    Commercial Service
    LSM-111 61k ex-LSM-111 in commercial service as the workboat Alaska Constructor, underway in Alaskan waters, date unknown. Photo by Steve McCutcheon, Mac's Foto, Anchorage. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-111 137k ex-LSM-111 in commercial service as the workboat Alaska Constructor, and ex-LSM-116 in commercial service as the workboat Alaska Roughneck beached in Alaskan waters, date unknown USS LSM / LSMR Association
    The DANFS history extract for LSM-111 is from LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1997. (ISBN 1-56311-389-9).
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Fleet Reserve Association
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