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LSM-161 Kodiak

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
Second Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia Clasp) - National Defense Service Medal
Third Row - Korean Service Medal (2) - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)
LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:
  • Laid down, 3 June 1944, at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C.
  • Launched, 27 June 1944
  • Commissioned USS LSM-161, 16 August 1944, LT Joseph M. Gresser USNR, in command
  • During World War II LSM-161 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
  • Following World War II LSM-161 preformed occupation duty in the Far East until relieved for transit back to the US.
  • Decommissioned, 8 June 1946, at Vancouver, WA.
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group
  • Recommissioned, 6 September 1950;
  • LSM-161 participated in the Korean War and earned the Korean Service Medal for participation in the following actions;
  • Named USS Kodiak (LSM-161), 14 October 1959
  • Decommissioned, 19 April 1965, at Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 June 1965
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 14 August 1972, to Tien Hsin Hong
  • LSM-161 earned two battle stars for Korean War service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 520 t.(light), 743 t.(landing) 1,095 t.(fully loaded)
    Length 203' 6"
    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 one single bow mounted 40mm gun, four 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 General Motors (non-reversible with airflex 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-462 45k LSM-462, LSM-170, LSM-161 and LSM-343 in a six ship assault wave formation while undergoing amphibious training, date and place unknown. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-161 63k LSM-161 at Okinawa, date unknown. LSM-328 in the background Bill Karosi
    Photo Courtesy Jim Tusing LSM-372,
    Editor "Alligator Alley" The Newsletter
    of the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-161 71k LSM-161 at Okinawa, date unknown. Bill Karosi
    Photo Courtesy Jim Tusing LSM-372,
    Editor "Alligator Alley" The Newsletter
    of the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-160 61k LSM-161 and LSM-160 along with a number of unidentified LSMs beached on Luzon Island, P.I., date unknown. Al Noble to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-226/236/161 53k LSM-236, LSM-226 and LSM-161, (first reported as Okinawa, circa 1945) Possibly at San Clemente Island, circa 1950-51, during an amphibious training exercise with US Marines. Max Clayton, USS LSM-226, 1954-55
    LSM-161 63k LSM-161 approaching the well of Carter Hall (LSD-3) in San Diego Bay, Spring-1951. Bob Allport RD2 USS Carter Hall 1950-54
    LSM-161 63k LSM-161 partially in the well of Carter Hall (LSD-3) in San Diego Bay, Spring-1951. Bob Allport RD2 USS Carter Hall 1950-54
    LSM-161 156k LSM-161 underway, date and place unknown. Joe Stevens
    LSM-161 111k LSM-161 underway off San Diego, CA. loaded with cargo, 27 March 1953. Photo by Oather Morper Bill Brinkley and the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-161 89k Kodiak (LSM-161) underway in Alaskan waters, 19 May 1960. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-161 63k Kodiak (LSM-161) moored pierside, 23 September 1964, place unknown. USS LSM / LSMR Association
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