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USS LSM-243


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Delta - Zulu
 NVDZ
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - 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, 31 May 1944, at Western Pipe and Steel Company, San Pedro, CA.
  • Launched, 3 September
  • Commissioned USS LSM-243, 19 October 1944, LTjg. Roy E. Hills Jr. USNR in command
  • During World War II LSM-243 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LSM Flotilla Six, CDR. A. R. Quinn USN;
     LSM Group Eighteen, LCDR. J. M. Fabre, USNR;
     LSM Division Thirty-Five
  • Following World War II USS LSM-243 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East for the following periods:

    Navy Occupation Service Medal
    2 to 15 September1945
    17 November to 1 December 1945
  • Decommissioned, 2 May 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, sold in October 1946, to Mechanical Equipment Co., New Orleans, LA, 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
    landing, 5' 3"
    fully loaded, 6' 4" forward, 8' 3" aft
    Speed 12.5 kts. (max.), (928 tons displacement)
    Endurance 4,900 miles @ 12kts.(928 tons displacement)
    Complement
    5 officers
    54 enlisted
    Armament
    one twin bow mounted 40mm AA gun mount
    six single 20mm gun mounts
    Vehicle/Boat Capacity 5 medium or 3 heavy tanks, or 6 LVT's, or 9 DUKW's
    Troop Accommodations
    2 officers
    46 enlisted
    Armor 10-lb. STS splinter shield to gun mounts, pilot house and conning station
    Fuel Capacity Diesel 1,225 Bbls
    Propulsion
    two General Motors 16-278A (non-reversible with airflex clutch) Diesel engines,. direct drive with 1,440 BHP each @ 720rpm
    Ship's Service Generators
     two Diesel-drive 100Kw 450V A.C.
     two Diesel-drive 20Kw 120V D.C.
    twin propellers 2,800shp
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    LSM-243 61k USS LSM-243 at anchor off White Beach, Iwo Jima, date unknown. Don Paine to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-243 80k USS LSM-243 under way off White Beach, Iwo Jima, date unknown. Don Paine to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-243 55k USS LSM-243 beached, date and location unknown. Don Paine to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    The history extract for USS LSM-243 is from LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1997. (ISBN 1-56311-389-9).
    Commanding Officers
    01LTjg. Hills Jr., Roy Elmer, USNR19 October 1944 - 11 October 1945
    02LTjg. Dorheim, Fred H., USNR11 October 1945 - March 1946
    03LTjg. Paine, Donald C., USNRMarch 1946 - 2 May 1946
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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