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LSM-141

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) - 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, 17 April 1944 at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C.
  • Launched, 15 May 1944
  • Commissioned USS LSM-141, 22 June 1944, LTjg. Edward A. Quinlan, USNR, in command
  • During World War II LSM-141 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the:
  • Decommissioned, 8 March 1946, at San Diego, CA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, sold in November 1946, to National Metal & Steel Corp., Terminal Island, CA. for scraping
  • LSM-141 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-264/201 39k LSM-141, LSM-201 and LSM-264 on the beach at Iwo Jima, date unknown. Paul Burket LSM-341 and
    John Finch LSM-26
    Courtesy Jim Tusing LSM-372,
    Editor "Alligator Alley" The Newsletter
    of the USS LSM - LSMR Association
    LSM-141 99k LSM-141 unloading a tank onto the beach at Iwo Jima, date unknown. Guy Keinefelter SM2/c to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-141 67k LSM-141 beached at Wakayama Japan, September 1945 Ed Cavato to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-49 62k LSM-141 and LSM-49 at Blue Beach #2, Wakayama, Honshu. Photo by Raymond R. Nase, MoMM3/c, LSM-49, LSM-467, photo 001
    Contributed by Hugh L. Hudson Jr.
    LSM-293 70k LSM-293, LSM-141, LSM-49 and LSM-4 beached, date and place unknown. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-438 63k LSM-438, LSM-141 and LSM-211 beached, date and place unknown. Marty Peterson to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    The DANFS history extract for LSM-141 is from LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1997. (ISBN 1-56311-389-9).
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    Last Updated 16 July 2004