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LSM-362


USS LSM-362 was transferred to the Republic of China and named ROCS Mei-Lo (LSM-356)
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 - National Defense Service Medal
Third Row - Korean Service Medal (3) - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal
LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:
  • Laid down (date unknown), at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, TX.
  • Launched (date unknown)
  • Commissioned USS LSM-362, 11 January 1945, LT. James C. Duer, USNR, in command
  • During World War II LSM-362 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
  • Decommissioned, 18 December 1946
  • Laid up in the Reserve Fleet
  • Recommissioned, 14 October 1950
  • During the Korean War LSM-362 participated in the following campaigns:
  • Decommissioned, 18 December 1953, at Astoria, OR.
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group, Astoria
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Transferred to Taiwan, 3 May 1962, named ROCS Mei-Lo (LSM-356)
  • Rebuilt, between 1969 and 1973, redesignated LSM-637
  • ROCS Mei-Lo decommissioned, 1 June 2005, at Kaohsiung Harbour, Taiwan
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • LSM-362 received three battle stars for Korean 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 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 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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    USS LSM-362
    LSM-362 70k LSM-362 underway off San Diego, April 1953. Note all hands in dress blues. Armament in this photo appears to be six 20mm guns in addition to the single bow mounted twin 40mm gun.
    Photo by Oather Morper    		 Bill Brinkley and the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    ROCS Mei-Lo (LSM-356)
    LSM-362 23k ex-LSM-362 in Taiwanese service as ROCS Mei-Lo (LSM-356) moored, date and place unknown. Source Chinese Warship Museum
    Submitted by Karl E. Lemmerman
    The DANFS history extract for LSM-362 is from LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1997. (ISBN 1-56311-389-9).
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