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LSM-144

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 (2) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippine Liberation Medal
LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:
  • Laid down, 24 April 1944, at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C.
  • Launched, 10 May 1944
  • Commissioned USS LSM-144, 12 June 1944, LT. Mervyn L Abrams, USNR, in command
  • During WWII LSM-144 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the:
  • Decommissioned, 6 March 1946, at Norfolk, VA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, sold in October 1946, to J. D. Achapiro, Baltimore, MD., fate unknown
  • LSM-144 earned two battle stars 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-256 115k Aerial view of Little Creek Amphibious Base, 1 August 1944. Ships that can be identified are LSM-256, LSM-201, LSM-2, LSM-127, LSM-203, LSM-16, LSM-126, LSM-134 and LSM-144. The two LSTs are unidentified.
    US Navy photo.    		 USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-144 122k LSM-144 beached, date and location unknown. Ted Turner USS LSM-144 and John Bochles to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-144 88k LSM-144 underway, date and location unknown. Ted Turner USS LSM-144 and Ken Roberts USS LSM-186 to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-144 77k LSM-144 underway, at Lingayen Gulf, date unknown. Note the damaged mainmast the result of an encounter with a boat boom of the Pennsylvania (BB-38). USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-186 88k LSM-144, LSM-180, LSM-90 and LSM-186 beached at Laoag, Luzon, P.I., July 1945. Ken Roberts USS LSM-186 to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    The DANFS history extract for LSM-144 is from LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1997. (ISBN 1-56311-389-9).
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