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LSM-341

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 - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal
LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:
  • Laid down (date unknown) at Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing Co., Chicago, IL.
  • Launched (date unknown)
  • Commissioned USS LSM-341, 3 February 1945, LT. Max A. Evans, USNR in command
  • During World War II LSM-341 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
  • Following World War II LSM-341 performed occupation duty in the Far East including duty in China
  • Decommissioned, 28 October 1949, at Astoria, OR.
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group, Astoria
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, sold in October 1958 to Hugo Neu Corp. New York, NY, for conversion to a barge, renamed Kate in 1980, fate unknown
    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 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 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-341 82k LSM-341 underway in the Great Lakes, date and place unknown. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-341 59k LSM-341 underway in the Great Lakes, date and place unknown. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-341 128k LSM-341 underway with the assistance of two tugs, date and place unknown. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-341 108k LSM-341 beached at Subic Bay, Philippines, August 1945. Bill Vivian to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-357/341/116 49k LSM-357, LSM-341 and LSM-116 beached in Japan while performing occupation, (date unknown). Photo by H. E. Freeman PhM/1c, USS LSM-116
    Now in the collection of Robert C. Lozmack, BM/2c, USS LSM-116 and USS LSM-467
    LSM-341 32k LSM-341 arriving at Nanking, China, circa 1948. Paul Burket USS LSM-341
    LSM-341 42k LSM-341 beached at Nanking, China, circa 1948. Paul Burket USS LSM-341
    LSM-341 48k LSM-341 beached at Nanking, China, circa 1948. Paul Burket USS LSM-341
    The DANFS history extract for LSM-341 is from LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1997. (ISBN 1-56311-389-9).
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
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