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LSM-310

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 (5) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippine Liberation Medal (4)

LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:

Laid down (date unknown) at Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing Company, Chicago, IL.

Launched (date unknown)

Commissioned USS LSM-310, 23 May 1944, LT. Edgar P. White, USNR, in command

During World War II LSM-310 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the:

Leyte operation;
(a) Leyte landings, 19 to 29 November 1944
(b) Ormoc Bay landing, 7 to 8 December 1944
Luzon operation;
(a) Mindoro landings, 12 to 18 December 1944
(b) Lingayen Gulf landing, 16 to 18 January 1945
Manila Bay-Bicol operations;
(a) Mariveles-Corregidor, 14 to 28 February 1945
Consolidation of the Southern Philippines;
(a) Mindanao Island landings, 10 March, 17 to 23 April, 3 May 1945
Borneo operation;
(a) Balikpapan operation, 26 June to 6 July 1945

Decommissioned, 24 May 1946, at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.

Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown)

Final Disposition, sold, 9 February 1948, to Foss Launch & Tug Co., Seattle, WA. for conversion to a towboat, named Leland James, Official Number (262975)

Resold to Tidewater Barge Lines, Vancouver, WA. and renamed The Legend Current Disposition, The Legend is owned and operated as a towboat on the Columbia and Snake Rivers by Tidewater Barge Line's, Vancouver, WA.

LSM-310 earned five battle stars for World War II service

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 five 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)

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
USS LSM-310
	78k	*LSM-310* launching at Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing Company, Chicago, IL.	Photo Courtesy Jim Tusing LSM-372, Editor "Alligator Alley" The Newsletter of the USS LSM - LSMR Association
	61k	*LSM-310* after launching at Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing Company, Chicago, IL.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
	53k	*LSM-310* after launching at Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing Company, Chicago, IL.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
	63k	*LSM-310* beached while loading tanks at Iloilo, Panay Island, Philippines, 8 September 1945. US Navy photo # NH 350410 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
	90k	*LSM-310* beached at Iloilo, Panay Island, Philippines, 8 September 1945. US Navy photo # NH 350412 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
	78k	*LSM-310* and *LSM-36* beached on a landing ramp, date and place unknown.	Leon Samuelian to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
	46k	*LSM-267* and *LSM-310* along with two additional LSMs moored at Shish-To Island, Korea, November 1945.	Robert Benner to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
Commercial Service
	54k	ex *LSM-310* in service on the Columbia and Snake Rivers as the towboat *Leland James* for the Tidewater Barge Line, Vancouver, WA. This photo was taken in the early 1950s after *Leland James* was first converted from *LSM-310*	Photo by Ron Gray / Captain
	86k	ex *LSM-310* in service in 1974 on the Columbia and Snake Rivers as the towboat *Leland James* for the Tidewater Barge Line, Vancouver, WA.	Photo by Ron Gray / Captain
	79k	ex *LSM-310* in service, circa 2000-2001, on the Columbia and Snake Rivers as the towboat *The Legend* for the Tidewater Barge Line, Vancouver, WA.	Photo by Ron Gray / Captain
	16k	ex *LSM-310* in service on the Columbia and Snake Rivers as the towboat *The Legend* for the Tidewater Barge Line, Vancouver, WA. *The Legend* is moving an unidentified ex LSM, now renamed *Barge 76*, in this photo.	Photo by Ron Gray / Captain
	169k	ex *LSM-310* in service as the Tidewater Barge Line, Vancouver, WA. towboat *The Legend*, winter on the Columbia River, date unknown.	Photo by Ron Gray / Captain
	39k	ex *LSM-64, towboat Tidewater* at right and ex *LSM-310* towboat *The Legend* at left, Columbia River, date unknown/	Ron Gray/Captain