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USS LSM-375

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Oscar - India
NVOI

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, 16 December 1944, at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, TX.

Launched, 6 January 1945

Completed and turned over to the US Navy, 27 January 1945

Commissioned USS LSM-375, 30 January 1945, LT. John R. Henderson, USNR in command

During World War II USS LSM-375 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LSM Flotilla Thirteen, LCDR. C. L. Weigle USN (27);
LSM Group Thirty-Eight, LCDR. T. F. Lane USNR;
LSM Division Seventy-Five

Following World War II USS LSM-375 was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
2 September to 29 November 1945	12 December 1945 to 12 April 1946

Decommissioned, 14 October 1946

Struck from the Naval Register in 1947

Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 27 November 1947

Sold by the Maritime Commission, date unknown, to American Barge Line

Documented in 1949 as the tug Advance Official Number 257085

Sold, date unknown, to CVC Towing, name retained

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping in 1962 to Southwest Steel Corp., Pittsburgh, PA.

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
48k	USS LSM-375 and USS LSM-376 at anchor, eastern side of Okinawa, date unknown.	Jim Tusing
48k	USS LSM-375 underway in San Francisco Bay, 1945-46. US Navy photo # NH 83271 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, courtesy D.M. McPherson, 1975.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
128k	USS LSM-375 and USS LSM-38 beached, date and location unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
302k	Ex-USS LSM-375 outboard in a nest with ex-USS LSM-52 and two smaller craft (possibly LCIs) on the Sabine River circa late 1946. Photo from the files of Gulfport Boiler and Iron Works, Port Arthur, TX.	Jim Swank

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Henderson, John R., USNR	30 January 1945 - December 1945
02	ENS. Nordfelt, Rodney Charles, USN	December 1945 - 14 October 1946

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

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