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USS LSM-254

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Echo - Uniform
NVEU

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, 24 February 1944, at Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newark, N.J.

Launched, 17 April 1944

Commissioned USS LSM-254, 17 May 1944, LTjg. Harrision K. Brown USNR in command

During World War II USS LSM-254 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LSM Flotilla One, CDR. H. B. Taliaferro USN (28);
LSM Group One, LCDR. P. L. O'Leary USNR;
LSM Division Two and participated in the the following campaign:

Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 8 to 18 May 1945

Following World War II USS LSM-254 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal
10 to 23 September 1945
7 to 28 October 1945

Decommissioned, 31 May 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

LSM-254 earned one battle star for World War II service

Final Disposition, sold, 20 February 1948, to Harbor Towing Co., Vancouver, Canada, 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
117k	USS LSM-254 Commissioning party, 17 May 1944.	William Humphries for his father Francis Eugene Humphries RM3/c USS LSM-254
64k	USS LSM-254 beached while off loading a medium tank, date and location unknown.	William Humphries for his father Francis Eugene Humphries RM3/c USS LSM-254
51k	USS LSM-254 under way, date and location unknown. US National Archives photo # 80-G-K-14419, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives	USS LSM / LSMR Association
140k	USS LSM-254 and USS LSM-245 moored with three unidentified LSMs, date and location unknown.	Bill Karosi USS LSM 79

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Commanding Officers
01	LTjg. Brown, Harrision K., USNR	17 May 1944 - November 1945
01	LTjg. Bradburry, Harry E., USNR	November 1945 - 31 May 1946


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler

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

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