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LSM-264

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, Iwo Jima)
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal
LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:
  • Laid down (date unknown) at Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newark, N.J.
  • Launched (date unknown)
  • Commissioned USS LSM-264, 10 July 1944, LT. Frederick M. Parrish, Jr., USNR, in command
  • During WWII LSM-264 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, 19 June 1947, to American Barge Co., Cincinnati, OH., fate unknown
  • LSM-264 earned one battle star for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 520 t.(light), 743 t. (landing) 1,095 t.(fully loaded)
    Length 203' 6"
    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 Accommodations 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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    LSM-264 93k LSM-264 and LSM-266 at the Iwo Jima beachhead on D-Day, 19 February 1945. Bill Brinkley and the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-264 86k LSM-264 beached at Iwo Jima, February 1945. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-264 76k LSM-264 beached on Red Beach at Iwo Jima, February 1945.
    US National Archives photo # 80-G-318634, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-264 88k From top to bottom LST-808, LST-788, LST-760, LST-724 and LSM-264 beached at the foot of Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, 24 February 1945.
    US Navy photo # S-193-1.    		 USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-264 154k From top to bottom LST-779, LST-808, LST-788, LST-760, LST-724 and LSM-264 beached at the foot of Mount Suribachi, Iwo Jima, 25 February 1945.
    US Navy photo # S-193-A2.    		 Robert O. Baumrucker, 1978 to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-264/201 56k LSM-141, LSM-201 and LSM-264 beached at Iwo Jima, February 1945. Paul Burket LSM-341 and
    John Finch LSM-26
    Courtesy Jim Tusing LSM-372,
    Editor "Alligator Alley" The Newsletter
    of the USS LSM - LSMR Association
    The DANFS history extract for LSM-264 is from LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1997. (ISBN 1-56311-389-9).
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
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