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LSM-258

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (4) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippine Liberation Medal
LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:
  • Laid down (date unknown) at Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Newark, N.J.
  • Launched (date unknown)
  • Commissioned USS LSM-258, 2 June 1944, LTjg Robert M. Donaldson, USNR, in command
  • During World War II LSM-258 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the:
  • Decommissioned, 2 May 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, sold, 21 November 1946, to Alexander Shipyard Inc., New Orleans, LA, fate unknown
  • LSM-258 earned four battle stars for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 520 t.(light), 743 t. (landing) 1,095 t.(fully loaded)
    Length 203' 6" oa
    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 single 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
    Troop Capacity 2 officers, 46 enlisted
    Armor 10-lb. STS splinter shield to gun mounts, pilot house and conning station
    Propulsion two Fairbanks Morse (model 38D81/8X10, reversible with hydraulic clutch) diesels. Direct drive with 1,440 BHP each @ 720rpm, twin screws
    Endurance 4,900 miles @ 12kts.(928 tons displacement)
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    LCM-258 77k LSM-258 underway, in Hampton Roads, 23 July 1944. starboard bow view.
    Norfolk Navy Yard photo serial # 8167(44).    		 USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LCM-258 68k LSM-258 underway, in Hampton Roads, 23 July 1944. starboard broadside view.
    Norfolk Navy Yard photo serial # 8168(44).    		 USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LCM-258 71k LSM-258 underway, in Hampton Roads, 23 July 1944. starboard quarter view.
    Norfolk Navy Yard photo serial # 8169(44).    		 USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LCM-258 46k LSM-258 underway, in Hampton Roads, 23 July 1944. stern view.
    Norfolk Navy Yard photo.    		 Bill Brinkley and the USS LSM-LSMR Association
    LCM-258 112k LSM-258 underway, in Hampton Roads, 23 July 1944. aerial starboard bow view.
    US Navy photo # BUAer 235811, released 30 January 1945.    		 Richard Miller USS LSM-47 to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LCM-258 134k LSM-258 underway, in Hampton Roads, 23 July 1944. aerial stern view.
    US Navy photo # BUAer 235808, released 30 January 1945.    		 Richard Miller US LSM-47to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LCM-258 65k LSM-258 and LSM-139 approach the beach at Leyte on A-Day, 20 October 1944.
    US Navy photo # 59508, released 6 November 1944.    		 Richard Miller USS LSM-47 to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LCM-258 65k LSM-258 with another LSM approach a beach, date and place unknown. Photo was taken from the deck of an LST.
    US Army Signal Corps photo # SC 200499-8.    		 USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-258 166k In the foreground, a Japanese landing barge at Ormoc Bay, and in the background several US landing ships including LSM-258 and two unidentified LSM's, 7-8 December 1944. Submitted by Adrain K
    'for educational purposes'
    Source-"Pictorial History of Australia at War 39-45",
    5 Volumes. 1959
    LCM-258/34 77k LSM-258 and LSM-34 along with an unidentified LSM unloading troops and equipment during the invasion of the Philippine Islands, date and specific operation unknown. Contributed in the name of Purl Allan Ferrier, S1c, SV-6 USNR, LSM-87 by Vicki Purl Ferrier-Taylor
    LCM-258 55k LSM-258 homeward bound, in San Francisco Bay, 1946.
    US Navy photo # NH 81025 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, courtesy D.M. McPherson, 1974.    		 USS LSM / LSMR Association
    The DANFS history extract for LSM-258 is from LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1997. (ISBN 1-56311-389-9).
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