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LSM-348

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:
  • Laid down (date unknown) at Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing Company, Chicago, IL.
  • Launched (date unknown)
  • Commissioned USS LSM-348, 24 March 1945, LT. James P. Baldwin, Jr., USNR in command
  • During World War II LSM-248 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
  • Decommissioned, 22 September 1947
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, sold, 27 February 1948, to United Fruit Co., San Francisco, CA., fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 520 t.(light), 743 t. (landing) 1,095 t.(fully loaded)
    Length 203' 6" o.a.
    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-348 59k LSM-348 underway, date and place unknown. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-348 45k LSM-348 underway, date and place unknown. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-348 47k LSM-348 underway, date and place unknown. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-348 76k LSM-348 and LSM-85 entering the Advanced Base Dock ABSD-6 at Guam, Marianas, date unknown. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-348 51k LSM-348 moored outboard starboard side to, in a nest of three LSMs, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo # USN 1045171    		 USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-232 96k LSM-348 moored inboard of LSM-232 at Pier Peter, Port Apra Inner Harbor, Guam. 2 January 1946. Note the 20mm and 40mm gun mounts on the dock and the oily water full of flotsam and jetsam next to the pier. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    The DANFS history extract for LSM-348 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
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    USS LSM / LSMR Association
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