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USS LSM-271

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Golf - Delta
NVGD

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, 20 June 1944, at Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newark, N.J.

Launched, 29 July 1944

Commissioned USS LSM-271, 2 September 1944, LT. C.L. Hays USNR in command

During WWII USS LSM-271 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LSM Flotilla Five, CDR. W. H. Carpenter USN (26);
LSM Group Fifteen, LCDR. A. H. Hall USNR;
LSM Division Thirty and participated in the following Campaign:

Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
Okinawa Gunto operations Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 April to 30 June 1945

Following World War II USS LSM-271 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 5 December 1945 to 27 February 1946

Decommissioned, 29 December 1946, at NOB Guam, Mariana Islands

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

USS LSM-271 earned one battle star for World War II service

Final Disposition, disposed of by scuttling, 8 February 1947 off Guam

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 General Motors (model GM 16-278A, 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
92k	USS LSM-271 moored forward of USS LSM-270 at Navy Yard, New York, 8 September 1944. US Navy Yard New York photo # F644C7606.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
72k	USS LSM-271 moored forward of USS LSM-270 at Navy Yard, New York, 8 September 1944. US Navy Yard New York photo # F644C7608.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
85k	USS LSM-271 moored forward of USS LSM-270 at Navy Yard, New York, 8 September 1944. US Navy Yard New York photo # F644C7610.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
43k	USS LSM-271 far left and USS LSM-377 at Buckner Bay, Okinawa in 1945, off-loading pontoons.	Rudy Minster, LSM-377 Photo Courtesy Jim Tusing LSM-372, Editor "Alligator Alley" The Newsletter of the USS LSM - LSMR Association

Commanding Officers
01	LT/LCDR. Hays, Cornelius L., USNR	2 September 1944 - November 1945
02	LTjg. Wade, Charles, USNR	November 1945 - April 1946
03	ENS. Hollis, Warren N., USNR	April 1946 - June 1946
04	ENS. Swanson, Jack G., USNR (O-in-Ch)	June 1946 - 29 December 1946


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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