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USS LSM-244


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Echo - Bravo
 NVEB
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 (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:
  • Laid down, 6 June 1944, at Western Pipe and Steel Company, San Pedro, CA.
  • Launched, 3 September 1944
  • Commissioned USS LSM-244, 26 October 1944, LT. John W. Lemon USNR in command
  • During World War II USS LSM-244 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 and participated in the following campaign:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 2 to 25 April 1945

  • Following World War II USS LSM-243 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East for the following periods:

    Navy Occupation Service Medal
    4 to 24 September1945
    7 October to 3 December 1945
  • Decommissioned, 19 April 1946, at New Orleans, LA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • USS LSM-244 earned one battle star for World War II service
  • Final Disposition, transferred, 17 April 1947, to St. Petersburg Port Authority, St. Petersburg, FL., 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-244 63k USS LSM-244 beached, at Luzon, Philippine Islands, circa 1945 Samuel Allen Brown EM3/c USS LSM-244
    The history extract for USS LSM-244 is from LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1997. (ISBN 1-56311-389-9).
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Lemon, John W., USNR26 October 1944 - November 1945
    02LTjg. Cowan, Casey C., USNRNovember 1945 - February 1946
    03LTjg. Keating, Pierson, USNRFebruary 1946 - 19 April 1946
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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