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LSM-269

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) [Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, P.I., 9 January 1945] - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (4) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal
Individual Awards

Purple Heart (5-KIA Lingayen Gulf, Luzon, P.I., 9 January 1945)

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-269, 18 August 1944, LT. H.T. Turner, USNR in command

During WWII LSM-269 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the:

Luzon operation;
(a) Lingayen Gulf landings, 9 January 1945
Manila Bay-Bicol;
(a) Zambales-Subic Bay 29 to 31 January 1945
Consolidation of the Southern Philippines;
(a) Palawan Islands landings, 28 February to 1 March 1945
(b) Visayan Island landings, 18 to 19 March 1945
Borneo operation;
(a) Tarakan Island operation, 27 April to 5 May 1945
(b) Brunei Bay operation, 10 to 14 June 1945

Decommissioned, 13 July 1946, at Astoria, OR.

Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group, Astoria

Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)

Final Disposition, sold, 9 May 1960, to Zidell Exploration Inc., Portland, OR., converted to a barge, resold, 1989-90, to Brix Maritime, Portland OR., still active commercially

LSM-269 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" 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 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)

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
83k	*LSM-269* inboard of *LSM-268* while moored pierside at Navy Yard, New York, 22 August 1944. US Navy Yard New York photo # F644C7595.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
88k	*LSM-269* inboard of *LSM-268* while moored pierside at Navy Yard, New York, 22 August 1944. US Navy Yard New York photo # F644C7596.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
88k	*LSM-269* inboard of *LSM-268* while moored pierside at Navy Yard, New York, circa 22 August 1944. US Navy Yard New York photo.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
97k	*ABSD-1* at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, with, front, left to right *LSM-67* and *LSM-218* and at the rear, left to right, *LSM-269* and *LSM-219*, 17 November 1944. US Navy photo, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
90k	*ABSD-1* at Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, with, front, left to right *LSM-67* and *LSM-218* and at the rear, left to right, *LSM-269* and *LSM-219, 17 November 1944. US Navy photo # NH 22082A*, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.	Bill Brinkley and the USS LSM/LSMR Association

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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Last Updated 11 October 2004