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LSM-180

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 (1)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal

LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:

Laid down, 3 August 1944, at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C.

Launched, 26 August 1944

Commissioned USS LSM-180, 10 October 1944, LT. Francis A. O'Malley, USNR, in command

During WWII LSM-180 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater as flagship for LSM Group 22, Lcdr. Norman E. Fryer. Jr., in command, and participated in the:

Okinawa Gunto operation;
(a) Assault and Occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 18 to 20 June 1945
(LSM-180 was the first LSM to enter Naha, the capital of Okinawa.)

Following World War II LSM-180 performed occupation duty which included carrying supplies between the Philippines and Japan

Decommissioned, 23 April 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown)

Final Disposition, sold, 12 August 1947, to Dravo Corp., Pittsburgh, PA., fate unknown LSM-180 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 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 Capacity 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)

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
92k	*LSM-180* beached at Legaspi, southern Luzon, P.I. Legaspi was almost totally destroyed by the Japanese, Photo taken from *LSM-132*, circa 1945.	Newt C. Bruce to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
88k	*LSM-180* beached at Legaspi, Luzon, P.I. circa 1945.	Photo from the collection of Walter Hausdorf USS LSM-180 submitted by Frederick Clark
88k	*LSM-144, LSM-180, LSM-90* and *LSM-186* beached at Laoag, Luzon, P.I., July 1945.	Ken Roberts to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
84k	*LSM-180* beached at Ie Shima, date unknown.	Photo from the collection of Walter Hausdorf USS LSM-180 submitted by Frederick Clark
69k	*LSM-180* underway in the harbor at Naha, Okinawa, circa 1945. Note *LCT-901* moored pierside and wreckage in the harbor.	Photo from the collection of Walter Hausdorf USS LSM-180 submitted by Frederick Clark

Live Aboard USS LSM-180 Walter Hausdorf Collection submitted by Frederick Clark
Gunnery Practice

The DANFS history extract for LSM-180 is from LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1997. (ISBN 1-56311-389-9) and an email message from Roy C. Edwards, Sr. RM1/c Ret. LSM Group Staff 22, LSM180 Flag

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
Fleet Reserve Association

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