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USS LSM-206

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Bravo - Delta
NVBD

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, 19 February 1945, 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, 22 February 1944, at Dravo Corporation, Wilmington, DE.

Launched, 22 April 1944

Commissioned USS LSM-206, 29 May 1944, LT. Gordon C. Mackenzie, USNR in command

During WWII USS LSM-206 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LSM Flotilla Five, CDR. W. H. Carpenter USN (26);
LSM Group Fourteen, LCDR. A. E. Lind USNR;
LSM Division Twenty-Eight and participated in the following campaign:

Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
Iwo Jima operation Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, 19 February 16 March 1945

Following World War II USS LSM-206 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 25 October to 3 December 1945

Decommissioned, 29 July 1946, at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

USS LSM-206 earned one battle star for World War II service

Sold, 29 December 1947, to Walter H. Wilms, Detroit, MI, converted to a barge

Final Disposition, 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 Fairbanks Morse (model 38D81/8X10, 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
	52k	USS LSM-206 side launching at Dravo Corporation, Wilmington, DE., 22 April 1944.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
	386k	Commemorative envelope issued for the launching USS LSM-206 at Dravo Corporation, Wilmington, DE., 22 April 1944.	Richard Hoffner and Greg Ciesielski Assistant Curator, Naval Cover Museum
	128k	USS LSM-145, USS LSM-206 and USS LSM-126 dash for the beach at Iwo Jima on H-Hour, 19 February 1945. The LSMs were landing the 5th Marine Amphibious Corps. Note Mount Suribachi in the background. USMC photo	Tommy Trampp
101420608	79k	USS LSM-206 beached at Iwo Jima, 19 February 1945, while landing the elements of the 4th Marine Division, 5th Marine Amphibious Corps. "Pinned Down. 4th Division Marines are briefly pinned down by enemy fire as they hit the beach at Iwo Jima on D-Day. Making their fourth amphibious assault in thirteen months, the veteran fighters are preparing to secure the right flank of the initial beachhead." US Marine Corps Headquarters Photo No. 110,108.	Caption - David Upton, Photo - James Tusing Photo - Brian Miller
	399k
	76k	USS LSM-206 nested with six additional LSMs, date and location unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
	74k	USS LSM-206 alongside *USS Newberry* (APA-158)** while evacuating wounded Marines at Iwo Jima, between 17 and 27 February 1945.	Harold Jacobs and the USS LSM / LSMR Association
	64k	USS LSM-206 underway, date and location unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
	51k	USS LSM-206 steaming outbound in San Francisco Bay toward the Golden Gate, in 1946.	Submitted by Roald Lokken for his father, Sigurd T. Lokken, (1926-1991), Petty Officer 2nd Class, Radio Electrician USS LSM-206
	113k	USS LSM-206 in San Francisco Bay after passing under the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge in 1946	Submitted by Roald Lokken for his father, Sigurd T. Lokken, (1926-1991), Petty Officer 2nd Class, Radio Electrician USS LSM-206
	54k	USS LSM-206 underway in San Francisco Bay, 1945-46. US Navy photo # NH 79860 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, courtesy, D.M. McPherson, 1974.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
101420611	347k	"Leapin Lena" adorns the conning tower USS LSM-206. Photo was taken while the ship was in San Francisco Bay, 1945-46.	Roald Lokken for his father, Sigurd T. Lokken, (1926-1991), Petty Officer 2nd Class, Radio Electrician USS LSM-206.

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Mackenzie, Gordon C., USNR	29 May 1944 - September 1945
02	LTjg. Hanlon, Paul D., USNR	September 1945 - March 1946
03	LTjg. Crosetti, Lawrence P., USNR	March 1946 - June 1946
04	LT. Stanko, John, USN (USNA 1944)	June 1946 - December 1946
051	LTjg. Scherrer, Robert Aloysius, USN (USNA 1945)	December 1946 - 29 July 1947


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler

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

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