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USS LSM-166

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Mike - Tango
NVMT

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 (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:

Laid down, 20 June 1944, at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C.

Launched, 24 July 1944

Commissioned USS LSM-166, 31 August 1944, LT. John F. Doran USNR in command

During WWII. USS LSM-166 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LSM Flotilla Five, CDR. W. H. Carpenter USN (26);
LSM Group Fifteen, LCDR. A. H. Hall USNR;
LSM Division Twenty-Nine and participated in the following campaign:

Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 April to 30 June 1945

Following World War II USS LSM-166 was assigned to Occupation Service in the Far East from 2 September to 3 December 1945

Decommissioned, 2 May 1946, at New Orleans, LA.

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

USS LSM-166 earned one battle star for World War II service

Final Disposition, sold in October 1947 to Mechanical Equipment Co., New Orleans, LA., converted to a barge, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 520 t.(light), 743 t. (landing) 1,095 t.(fully loaded)
Length 203' 6" (ovl)
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 twin 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

Fuel Capacity

Diesel 1,225 Bbls

Troop Accommodations

2 officers

46 enlisted

Armor 10-lb. STS splinter shield to gun mounts, pilot house and conning station

Endurance 4,900 miles @ 12kts.(928 tons displacement)

Propulsion

two General Motors (model GM 16-278A, reversible with hydraulic clutch) Diesel engines, direct drive with 1,440 BHP each @ 720rpm
Ship's Service Generators
two Diesel-drive 100Kw 450V A.C.
one Diesel-drive 20Kw 120V D.C.

twin propellers, 2,800shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
	201k	USS LSM-166 enroute, 1 April 1945, to Okinawa from Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides. US National Archives photo # 80-G-373408, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.	National Museum of the US Navy
1016016602	5907k	From left to right; the bow of USS LSM-166, USS LSM-33, Unknown LST, USS LST-166 (next to an unknown LST), USS LST-787 off Okinawa. The pillars of smoke are from two Japanese planes shot down during and air attack on the Okinawa invasion fleet, circa April 1945. National Archives Identifier 205586498, Local Identifier 26-G-4438, US Coast Guard Photo # 4438 by US Coast Guard photographer Cepheus Martin.	David Upton
	55k	USS LSM-166 moored pierside, date and place unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
	60k	USS LSM-166 at anchor, date and place unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Doran, John F., USNR	31 August 1944 - June 1945
02	LT. Stockus, Robert L., USNR	June 1945 - 5 January 1946
03	LTjg. O'Halloran, Thomas C., USNR	5 January 1946 - 2 May 1946


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
USS LSM-LSMR Association

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