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LSM-140

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, Iwo Jima operation)
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal
Individual Awards

Purple Hearts (1 KIA, 19 February 1945, Iwo Jima)
LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:
  • Laid down, 17 April 1944, at US Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C.
  • Launched, 18 May 1944
  • Commissioned USS LSM-140, 22 June 1944, LT. Robert Duff, USNR, in command
  • During WWII LSM-140 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the:
  • Decommissioned, 28 June 1946, at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, sold, 20 February 1948, to Harbor Towing Co., Vancouver, Canada, fate unknown
  • LSM-140 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" oa
    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 five single 20mm 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-140 69k LSM-140 on the beach at Iwo Jima, circa 19 February to 16 March 1945. Note the wrecked DUKW and amphibious truck and trailer in the foreground. John Finch
    Photo Courtesy Jim Tusing LSM-372,
    Editor "Alligator Alley" The Newsletter
    of the USS LSM - LSMR Association
    LSM-140 63k LSM-140 and LST-715 beached at Iwo Jima, circa 19 February to 16 March 1945. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-242 121k Aerial view of the Iwo Jima beachhead, circa February 1945. Ships that can be identified include LST-715, LST-790, LST-724, LST-224, LST-784 and LST-779. LSM's include LSM-242, LSM-140, LSM-47 and LSM-43. LCTs include LCT-892 and LCT-1029. The one lone LCI that is identifiable is LCI(L)-1077.
    USMC photo # 110582    		 USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-140 63k LSM-140 beached while unloading equipment, date and place unknown. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-140 51k LSM-140 underway in San Francisco Bay, 1945-46. Note: insignia on conning tower.
    US Navy photo # NH 81398 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, courtesy D.M. McPherson, 1974.    		 USS LSM / LSMR Association
    The DANFS history extract for LSM-140 is from LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1997. (ISBN 1-56311-389-9) .
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