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USS LSM-285

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Hotel - Foxtrot
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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

USS LSM-285 was transferred to Republic of China and named ROCS Mei Yi

LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:

Laid down, 18 October 1944, at Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newark, N.J.

Launched, 30 November 1944

Commissioned USS LSM-285, 14 December 1944, LTjg. Russell P. Snyder, USNR in command

During World War II USS LSM-285 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater

Following World War II LSM-285 preformed occupation duty in the Far East including China service

Decommissioned, 24 June 1946

Transferred the same day to the Republic of China, named ROCS Mei Yi

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

Escaped capture by Communist forces in October 1949 by sailing to Taiwan

Final Disposition, scrapped in 1973, by the Taiwanese Navy

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 twin bow mounted 40mm AA gun mount

four single 20mm AA 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 General Motors (non-reversible with airflex clutch) diesels. Direct drive with 1,440 BHP each @ 720rpm, twin screws, Endurance, 4,900 miles @ 12kts.(928 tons displacement)

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
USS LSM-285
	81k	USS LSM-285 moored pierside, date and location unknown.	John Nesberg to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
	138k	USS LSM-285 at anchor, date and location unknown.	Wesley Moure to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
	79k	USS LSM-285, looking forward on the tank deck. USS LSM-285 appears to be at anchor and alongside an LSD, date and location unknown.	Richard Stone for his father Richard B. Stone S1/c USS LSM-285.
	531k	"Lady Luck" painted on the conning tower of USS LSM-285 by Richard B. Stone S1/c.	Richard Stone for his father Richard B. Stone S1/c USS LSM-285.
	57k	USS LSM-285's twin bow mounted 40mm AA gun mount	Richard Stone for his father Richard B. Stone S1/c USS LSM-285.
	54k	Richard B. Stone seated at the USS LSM-285's Radar Equipment.	Richard Stone for his father Richard B. Stone S1/c USS LSM-285.
	92k	USS LSM-285 crew on the bow ram, date and location unknown.	Richard Stone for his father Richard B. Stone S1/c USS LSM-285.
	118k	USS LSM-285 moored pierside, date and location unknown.	Richard Stone for his father Richard B. Stone S1/c USS LSM-285.
	59k	USS LSM-285 moored pierside, at Tientsin, China, 27 October 1945.	John Nesberg to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
	53k	USS LSM-285 nested with other LSMs on the Whangpoo River, Shanghai, China, 17 March 1946.	Lyle Buske to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
	18k	USS LSM-285 and USS LSM-96 moored in the Whangpoo River at Shanghai, China, date unknown.	Submitted by Brian S. Myers from the collection of his father John H. Myers SM1/c USS LCI(R)-764
ROCS Mei-Yi
	37k	EXUSS LSM-285 in the Naval service of the Republic of China in commission as ROCS Mei-Yi underway, circa 1947, location unknown.	Robert Hurst