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USS LSM-174


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - November - Juliet
NVNJ
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - 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, 26 June 1944, at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C.
  • Launched, 21 July 1944
  • Commissioned USS LSM-174, 25 September 1944, LTjg. George N. Ward Jr. USNR in command
  • During WWII USS LSM-174 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LSM Flotilla Six, CDR. A. R. Quinn USN;
    LSM Group Seventeen, (flagship) LCDR. C. H. Johnson, USNR;
    LSM Division Thirty-Four and participated in the following campaign:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates
    Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 9 to 30 June 1945

  • Following World War II USS LSM-174 was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

    Navy Occupation Service Medal

    China Service Medal (extended)
    2 to 27 September 194528 September to 20 December 1945

  • Decommissioned, 5 August 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • USS LSM-174 earned one battle star for World War II service
  • Final Disposition, sold 16 January 1948 to C. T. Smith, The Dallas, OR., 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

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    LSM-174 63k USS LSM-174 beached, date and location unknown. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-174 69k USS LSM-174 under way, at Latitude °00.000 Longitude °176 during transit from Pearl Harbor to Guadalcanal, date unknown. Photo by Charles Baumman, USMC USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-174 73k USS LSM-174 under way, date and location unknown. Jack Held to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-174 127k USS LSM-174 getting under way at Tientsin, China in 1945. Steve Franklin
    LSM-174 132k USS LSM-174 under way in the harbor at Tientsin, China in 1945. Steve Franklin

    The history extract for USS LSM-174 is from LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1997. (ISBN 1-56311-389-9).
    Commanding Officers
    01LTjg. Ward Jr., George N., USNR25 September 1944 - December 1945
    02LTjg. Antkin, Stephen, USNRDecember 1945 - May 1946
    03ENS. Schultz, James B., USNRMay 1946 - 5 August 1946
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler

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