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LSM-355


USS LSM-355 was transferred to France, redesignated L 9011, later transferred to South Vietnam
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Second Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Korea Service Medal (2)
Third Row - National Defense Service Medal - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)
LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:
  • Laid down (date unknown) at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, TX.
  • Launched (date unknown)
  • Commissioned USS LSM-355, 24 December 1944, LTjg. Harry P. Reeves, USNR, in command
  • During World War II LSM-355 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
  • Decommissioned, 23 October 1946
  • Laid up in the Reserve Fleet
  • Recommissioned, 18 September 1950
  • During the Korean War LSM-355 participated in the following campaigns:
    Korean War Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    U.N. Summer-Fall Offensive
    1 to 31 October 1952     		Korean Defense, Summer-Fall 1952
    12 to 20 November 1952

  • Decommissioned, 11 January 1954
  • Transferred, on loan, to France, 18 January 1954, redesignated L 9011
  • Transferred to South Vietnam in December 1955
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Escaped to Philippines after the fall of South Vietnam government, 30 April 1975
  • Interned at Subic Bay
  • Transferred, 17 November 1975, to Philippines
  • Final Disposition, disposed of by Philippine Navy in 1989, fate unknown
  • LSM-355 earned two battle stars for Korean service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 520 t.(light), 743 t. (landing) 1,095 t.(fully loaded)
    Length 203' 6"
    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 Accommodation 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)
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    LSM-274 99k The Industrial Dept. dock at NOB Guam, date unknown. Ships that can be identified include LSM-355 LSM-274 and LSM-171 astern of LSM-274.
    US Navy photo # 369940.    		 USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-110/355 62k LSM-110 and LSM-355 in dry dock, Long Beach, CA., circa March 1952 to 22 May, 1952. Kenneth Oliver
    Photo Courtesy Jim Tusing LSM-372,
    Editor "Alligator Alley" The Newsletter
    of the USS LSM - LSMR Association
    LSM-355 71k LSM-355 underway, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo # USN 1045158    		 USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-355 79k LSM-355 beached, date and place unknown. Joe Schwerther to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    L 9011
    Algol 33k ex-LSM-355 in French service as L 9011 alongside Algol (AKA-54) in Indo China waters as they transfer anti-Communist refugees.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine December 1954    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    The DANFS history extract for LSM-355 is from LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1997. (ISBN 1-56311-389-9).
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