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LSM-265

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal (1)
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-265, 18 July 1944, LTjg. Zenas J. Kevorkian, USNR in command
  • During WWII LSM-265 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the:
  • Following World War II LSM-265 performed occupation duty in the Far East until damaged by striking a reef while at Okinawa, 13 October 1945
  • Returned to Pearl Harbor, 13 January 1946, for service as a submarine target practice vessel until decommissioned
  • Decommissioned, 5 March 1946, at Pearl Harbor, HI.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 5 March 1946
  • Final Disposition, scuttled, 6 March 1946, off Pearl Harbor
  • LSM-265 earned two battle stars 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-265 71k LSM-265 beached, date and place unknown. William Sronsky to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-265 69k LSM-265 beached, date and place unknown. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-472/265 49k LSM-265 and and LSM-472 beached, date and place unknown. Doug Manny to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-470 52k LSM-265 at anchor off the port bow of LSM-470,date and place unknown. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-265 59k LSM-265 viewed through a submarine periscope in her final role as a submarine target ship, off Pearl Harbor, T.H. Images of LSM-265 as seen through a periscope, were used in the 1951 movie "Operation Pacific" and in the movie "The Fighting Coast Guard." USS LSM / LSMR Association
    The DANFS history extract for LSM-265 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
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    USS LSM / LSMR Association
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