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USS LSM-117

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - India - Zulu
NVIZ

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

LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:

Laid down, 21 October 1944, at Brown Ship Building Co., Houston TX.

Launched, 11 November 1944

Commissioned USS LSM-117, 7 December 1944, LT. John H. Maginnis USNR in command

During World War II USS LSM-117 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LSM Flotilla Twelve, LCDR. A. F. Dineen USN (22)
LSM Group Thirty-four, LCDR. V.W. Webb USNR;
LSM Division Sixty-Seven and participated in the follow campaign:

Campaign and Dates
Asiatic Pacific Campaign
Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 to 3 April 1945

Following World War II USS LSM-117 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 20 September to 4 October 1945

Decommissioned, 7 June 1946, at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.

Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

USS LSM-117 earned one battle star for World War II service

Final Disposition, sold, 17 January 1948, to Ellis Clarke Soper, Detroit, MI., 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
44k	USS LSM-117 off the coast of Saipan, date unknown.	Photo by H. E. Freeman PhM/1c, USS LSM-116 Now in the collection of Robert C. Lozmack, BM/2c, USS LSM-116 and USS LSM-467
65k	USS LSM-116 at left and USS LSM-117 at right, Green Beach, Tulagi, Solomon Islands, date unknown.	Photo by H. E. Freeman PhM/1c, USS LSM-116 now in the collection of Robert C. Lozmack, BM/2c, USS LSM-116 and USS LSM-467
54k	USS LSM-117 beached at Wakayama, Japan, 25 July 1945.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
88k	USS LSM-117 moored to USS LSM-467's, port side at Tulosa, Leyte, P.I. John S. Moore, S/2c, doing laundry, 11 December 1945.	Richard W. Friedrich, F/1c, LSM-467, Collection, slide number 040
55k	USS LSM-117 in San Francisco Bay, 1945-46. US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 81021. Courtesy D.M. McPherson, 1974.	USS LSM / LSMR Association

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Maginnis, John H., USNR	7 December 1944 - December 1945
02	ENS. Sheahen, Francis Lloyd, USN (USNA 1945)	December 1945 - 7 June 1946


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler

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

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