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LSM-297

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 - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal
LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:
  • Laid down, 5 October 1944, at U.S. Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C.
  • Launched, 30 October 1944
  • Commissioned USS LSM-297, 18 December 1944, LTjg. Gilbert A. Barre, USNR, in command
  • During World War II LSM-297 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater
  • Decommissioned, 4 November 1957, at Astoria, OR.
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping in November 1958, to Western Contracting Corp., Sioux City, IA., converted to a barge, fate unknown
    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 Accommodations 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)
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    LSM-297 84k LSM-297 underway, date and place unknown. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-297 81k LSM-297 and LST-1041 beached while unloading equipment, date and place unknown. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-297 48k LSM-297 underway in San Diego Bay, May 1956.
    Photo by Oather Morper.    		 Bill Brinkley and the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-297 75k LSM-297 underway, date and place unknown. Bill Brinkley and the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-297 48k LSM-297 at anchor, date and place unknown. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-297 50k LSM-297 being maneuvered by landing craft up to a pontoon causeway during amphibious exercises, date and place unknown. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-297 49k LSM-297 beached at San Salvador Island while serving as island supply ship, 1956. Ron Gray
    LSM-297 76k LSM-297, LST-521 and Krishna (ARL-38) during "Operation Blue Jay" the construction of Thule Air Force Base in Greenland, July 1951. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-297 69k LSM-297 on the Severn River off the US Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD., 10 October 1952. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-297 85k LSM-297 approaching the dock at the US Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD., 10 October 1952. Other ships present include Eaton (DD-510), Beal (DD-471) and Diablo (SS-469). USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-397/297 58k LSM-297 and LSM-397 moored at South Beach, Miami, FL., 29 June 1954. Photo by Raymond A. Biswanger, Jr., Ph.D., LT. USN (Ret) USS LSM-9 and USS LSM-538
    LSM-397/297 63k LSM-297 and LSM-397 moored at South Beach, Miami, FL., 29 June 1954. Photo by Raymond A. Biswanger, Jr., Ph.D., LT. USN (Ret) USS LSM-9 and USS LSM-538
    The DANFS history extract for LSM-297 is from LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1997. (ISBN 1-56311-389-9).
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    Fleet Reserve Association
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