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USS LSM-134


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Kilo - Hotel
 NVKH
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive)
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3) - World War II Victory Medal
Bottom Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippine Presidential Unit Citation - Philippine Liberation Medal (2)
LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:
  • Laid down (date unknown) at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, SC, 14 May 1944
  • Launched 23 April 1944
  • Commissioned USS LSM-134, 31 May 1944, at Little Creek, VA., LT. Robert B Stenharter, USNR in command
  • During World War II USS LSM-134 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Leyte operation
    Leyte landings, 12 October to 29 November 1944     		Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto and Ie Shima, March to June 1945
    Luzon operation
    Lingayen Gulf, 9 January 1945     		.

  • Following World War II USS LSM-134 performed occupation duty in the Far East
  • Decommissioned, 19 April 1946, at Beaumont, TX.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 31 July 1946
  • Sold, 18 September 1947, to Alexander Shipyard Inc., New Orleans, LA.
  • Resold and, converted to a barge, named Abco Tampa
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • USS LSM-134 earned three battle stars 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 the only LSM to survive World War II with original armament configuration of six single 20mm gun mounts
    Vehicle/Boat Capacity 5 medium or 3 heavy tanks, or 6 LVT's, or 9 DUKW's
    Troop Accommodations 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-256 115k Aerial view of Little Creek Amphibious Base, Ships that can be identified are USS LSM-256, USS LSM-201, USS LSM-2, USS LSM-127, USS LSM-203, USS LSM-16, USS LSM-126, USS LSM-134 and USS LSM-144. The two LSTs are unidentified, date unknown.
    US Navy photo.    		 USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-134 122k USS LSM-134, October 1944, enroute to the invasion of the Philippines.
    US Navy photo    		 Earl Johnson, USS LSM-134 Quartermaster
    LSM-134 92k USS LSM-134 flanked by USS LSM-220 and USS LSM-24 off her starboard side and LSM-15 off her port side, on the invasion beaches at Okinawa, circa early-August 1945.
    US Navy photo    		 John Finch USS LSM-26
    Courtesy Jim Tusing USS LSM-372,
    Editor "Alligator Alley" The Newsletter
    of the USS LSM - LSMR Association
    View the USS LSM-134
    Cruise Record (Itinerary)
    Letter to the Editor, of "Alligator Alley," and extract from a letter by Earl Johnson USS LSM-134 describing a Kamikaze attack at Okinawa
    The DANFS history extract for USS LSM-134 is from LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1997. (ISBN 1-56311-389-9), and Earl Johnson, LSM-134 Quartermaster.
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