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USS LSM-232

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Delta - Delta
NVDD

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

LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:

Laid down, 24 August 1944, at Dravo Corporation, Wilmington, DE.

Launched, 14 October 1944

Commissioned USS LSM-232, 7 November 1944, LTjg. J.F. Harper USNR in command

During World War II USS LSM-232 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LSM Flotilla Three, CDR. W. F. Morrison USN (35);
LSM Group Seven, LCDR. C. A. Lamborn USNR;
LSM Division Fourteen

Following World War II USS LSM-232 was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
4 to 13 September 1945
24 to 27 September 1945
28 September to 24 December 1945	28 September to 24 December 1945

Decommissioned, 6 August 1946

Laid up in the Reserve Fleet

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

Final Disposition, sold, to Commercial Metals Co., Dallas, TX., 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

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
74k	*LSM-232* launching at Dravo Corporation, Wilmington, DE., 14 October 1944.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
159k	USS LSM-232 deck log entry for Commissioning day, 7 November 1944, including ships roster of personnel.	Mac Harper
56k	USS LSM-232 moored pierside, date and location unknown.	Robert Six to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
110k	USS LSM-232 alongside a floating crane as the 83-foot Coast Guard Cutter *CG-83482* is being lifted into her well-deck at Guam, date unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
106k	USS LSM-232 with the 83-foot Coast Guard Cutter *CG-83482* being lowered into her well-deck at Guam, date unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
96k	USS LSM-232 moored outboard of USS LSM-348 at Pier Peter, Port Apra Inner Harbor, Guam. 2 January 1946. Note the 20mm and 40mm gun mounts on the dock and the oily water full of flotsam and jetsam next to the pier.	USS LSM / LSMR Association

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Harper, John Ford, USNR	7 November 1944 - 23 January 1946
02	LTjg. Dannenbrink, Robert W., USNR	23 January/1946 - April1946
03	ENS. West, Walter F., USNR	April 1946 - 6 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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