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USS LSM-122

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Juliet - Juliet
NVJJ

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, 28 October 1944, at Brown Shipbuilding Co, Houston TX.

Launched, 18 November 1944

Commissioned USS LSM-122, 14 December 1944, LT. John L. Kuhn USNR in command

During WWII USS LSM-122 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-Eight and participated in the following campaign:

Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 29 April to 18 May 1945

Following World War II USS LSM-122 was assigned to Occupation Service in the Far East from 23 September 1945 to 6 March 1946

Decommissioned, 29 May 1946, at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.

Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

USS LSM-122 earned one battle star for World War II service

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 13 January 1948, to Fairbanks Morse & Co., Chicago, IL.

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
101449905	409k	Left to Right: USS LSM-253, USS LSM-499, USS LSM-122, Unknown LSM, USS LSM-103, beached at Matsuyama, Skikokyu, Japan, 18 October 1945	Paul Barrett for his father LTjg. Richard L Barrett, USNR USS LSM-499
	43k	USS LSM-122 in the foreground with USS LST-968 just visible in the background at Sasebo, Kyushu, Japan, 10 November 1945	Richard W. Friedrich, F/1c, USS LSM-467, Collection, slide number 024
	49k	USS LSM-122 under way in San Francisco Bay, circa 1945-46. US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 79855. Courtesy D.M. McPherson, 1974.	USS LSM / LSMR Association

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Kuhn, John L., USNR	14 December 1944 - 29 December 1945
02	LTjg. Sowards Jr., Clinto E., USNR (temporary)	29 December 1945 January 1946
03	LT. Kuhn, John L., USNR	January1946 - February 1946
04	LTjg. Wooden, Paul E., USNR	February 1946 - 29 May 1946


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler

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

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Action Report - Landing of Occupation Forces, Nagasaki Japan, September 1945

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