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USS LSM-350

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Mike - India
NVMI

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)

LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:

Laid down, 17 November 1944, at Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing Company, Chicago, IL.

Launched, 9 March 1945

Commissioned USS LSM-350, 7 April 1945, LT. Leland R. Srigley USNR in command

During World War II USS LSM-350 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LSM Flotilla Eleven
LSM Group Thirty-Three;
LSM Division Sixty-Six

Following World War II USS LSM-350 was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
22 September to 3 October 1946	4 October 1946 to 22 February 1947

Decommissioned, 27 July 1947, at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.

Struck from the Naval Register in 1946

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 26 February 1948, to New Orleans Shipwrecking Corp., Chicago, IL.

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 twin 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

Fuel Capacity

Diesel 1,225 Bbls

Troop Accommodations

2 officers

46 enlisted

Armor 10-lb. STS splinter shield to gun mounts, pilot house and conning station

Endurance 4,900 miles @ 12kts.(928 tons displacement)

Propulsion

two Fairbanks Morse (model 38D81/8X10, reversible with hydraulic clutch) Diesel engines, direct drive with 1,440 BHP each @ 720rpm
Ship's Service Generators
two Diesel-drive 100Kw 450V A.C.
one Diesel-drive 20Kw 120V D.C.

twin propellers, 2,800shp

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
56k	USS LSM-350 under way, date and location unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
58k	USS LSM-350 under way, date and location unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
141k	USS LSM-350 under way, date and location unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
74k	USS LSM-350 under way off Guam during a typhoon, 1945.	Robert Gruner to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
142k	USS LSM-350 under way off Midway Island, August 1946. Photo taken from USS LSM-463 by Marvin Hermanson.	Marvin Hermanson USS LSM-463 and Robert Gruner to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
54k	USS LSM-350 under way in San Francisco Bay, 1945-46. US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 79723, courtesy D.M. McPherson, 1974.	USS LSM / LSMR Association

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Srigley, Leland R., USNR	7 April 1945 - December 1945
02	LTjg. Pettit, Carl W., USNR	December 1945 - June 1946
03	LT. Houghton, Alexander Joseph, USN	June 1946 - 27 July 1947


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
USS LSM-LSMR Association

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