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LSM-201

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, Iwo Jima) - 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, 24 December 1943, at Dravo Corporation, Wilmington, DE.
  • Launched, 26 February 1944
  • Commissioned USS LSM-201, 14 April 1944, LT. F. T. McAdams, USNR, in command
  • During WWII LSM-201 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the:
  • Decommissioned, 16 May 1946, at Norfolk, VA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 10 November 1946, to Capital Salvage and Sales Co., Edgewater, N.J.
  • LSM-201 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 six single 20mm AA gun mounts, modified to one single bow mounted 40mm AA gun mount and four 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-201 78k LSM-201 underway in the Chesapeake Bay area during her shakedown cruise, 1 May 1944.
    US Navy photo # NH 228620 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-201 80k LSM-201 underway off Cape Hatteras during her shakedown cruise, 8 May 1944.
    US Navy photo # NH 228634 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-201 77k LSM-201 approaching the beach, during her shakedown cruise, 8 May 1944.
    US Navy photo # NH 228629 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-201 97k LSM-201 underway in Chesapeake Bay, 9 May 1944.
    US Navy photo # NH 228633 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-201 54k LSM-201 underway in the Chesapeake Bay area during her shakedown cruise in May 1944.
    US Navy photo # NH 228491 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-201 120k LSM-201 overhead view while underway in Chesapeake Bay in May 1944.
    US Navy photo.    		 USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-201 66k LSM-201 beaching in the Chesapeake Bay area, 30 April 1944.
    US Navy photo # NH 228497 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-201 53k LSM-201 beached in the Chesapeake Bay area, 30 April 1944.
    US Navy photo # NH 228498 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-201 60k LSM-201 beached in the Chesapeake Bay area, date unknown. Bill Brinkley and the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-201 73k LSM-201 beached with bow doors open in the Chesapeake Bay area, 30 April 1944.
    US Navy photo # NH 228493 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-201 56k LSM-201 beached with bow doors open while lowering ramp in the Chesapeake Bay area, 30 April 1944.
    US Navy photo # NH 228495 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-201 104k LSM-201 underway in the Chesapeake Bay area, 30 April 1944 with seven light tanks, two medium tanks, and fifty Army troops.
    US Navy photo # NH 228496 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-201 74k LSM-201 beached while off loading a medium tank across the beach at ATB Camp Bradford, VA., 11 May 1944.
    US Navy photo    		 Wes Stone, Lusby, MD. -"In memory of the men of the USNATB, Solomons, MD."
    LSM-201 85k LSM-201 beached while off loading a light tank across the beach in the Chesapeake Bay area, 30 April 1944.
    US Navy photo # NH 228494 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-201 85k LSM-201 along with three other LSMs behind a smoke screen preparing for a mock amphibious landing at ATB Camp Bradford, VA., 11 May 1944.
    US Navy photo # NH 228492 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-201 105k LSM-201 behind a smoke screen while preparing for a mock amphibious landing at ATB Camp Bradford, VA., 11 May 1944. Note the number of officers observing. This was probably an exercise for the benefit of Army-Navy Staff College students at Camp Bradford.
    US Navy photo.    		 USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-201 161k LSM-201 beached while off loading tanks and other vehicles during a mock amphibious landing at ATB Camp Bradford, VA., 11 May 1944. Note the number of officers observing. This was probably an exercise for the benefit of Army-Navy Staff College students at Camp Bradford.
    US Navy photo.    		 USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-256 114k Aerial view of Little Creek Amphibious Base, 1 August 1944. Ships that can be identified are LSM-256, LSM-201, LSM-2, LSM-127, LSM-203, LSM-16, LSM-126, LSM-134 and LSM-144. The two LSTs are unidentified.
    US Navy photo.    		 USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-201/391 and LST-807 142k Marines unload supplies from LSM-201, LST-807, LSM-391 and other amphibious warships beached at Iwo Jima on D-Day, 15 February 1945.
    US National Archives
    photo # NWDNS-26-G-4098    .    		 USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-264/201 39k LSM-141, LSM-201 and LSM-264 beached at Iwo Jima, after the beach was secured. Paul Burket USS LSM-341 and
    John Finch USS LSM-26
    Courtesy Jim Tusing USS LSM-372,
    Editor "Alligator Alley" The Newsletter
    of the USS LSM - LSMR Association
    The DANFS history extract for LSM-201 is from LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1997. (ISBN 1-56311-389-9).
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