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LSM-145

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, 19 February 1945, Iwo Jima)
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal
LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:
  • Laid down, 24 April 1944, at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C.
  • Launched, 14 May 1944
  • Commissioned USS LSM-145, 12 June 1944, LT. Robert P. Palmer, USNR, in command
  • During WWII LSM-145 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the:
  • Decommissioned, 22 May 1946, at San Diego, CA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, sold, December 1946, to J. C. Berkwit & Co., New York, NY, converted to a barge, fate unknown
  • LSM-145 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 AA 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-145/206 91k LSM-145, LSM-206 and LSM-126 dash for the beach at Iwo Jima on H-Hour, 19 February 1945. The LSMs were landing the 5th Marine Amphibious Corps. Note Mount Suribachi in the background.
    USMC photo    		 Tom Kermen, Courtesy Jose "Andy" Vigil, USMC WWII
    LSM-46 58k LSM-46 and LSM-145 beached at Iwo Jima, circa February 1945. Joe Helmstetter to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-145 79k LSM-145 underway, date and place unknown. Ken Roberts USS LSM-186 to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    The DANFS history extract for LSM-145 is from LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1997. (ISBN 1-56311-389-9).
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
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    USS LSM / LSMR Association
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