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LSM-381

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, date unknown, at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, TX.
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Commissioned USS LSM-381, 12 February 1945, LTjg. Raymond Wolcott, USNR in command
  • During World War II LSM-381 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
  • Following World War II LSM-381 performed occupation duty in the Far East including China Service
  • Decommissioned, 31 May 1947 and transferred the same day to the State Department for disposal
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, 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 Accommodations 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-380 64k LSM-381 moored to a buoy, date and place unknown. R.J. Hickey to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-380 62k LSM-381 moored to a buoy, date and place unknown. R.J. Hickey to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-380 122k LSM-381 underway, date and location unknown. Note the laundry hanging across the well-deck. Ken Jankowski for his father John "Ski" Jankowski MOmm2/c USS LSM 381
    LSM-380 56k LSM-381 crew eating in the well deck, date and location unknown. Ken Jankowski for his father John "Ski" Jankowski MOmm2/c USS LSM 381
    LSM-380 75k LSM-381 underway, date and location unknown. Ken Jankowski for his father John "Ski" Jankowski MOmm2/c USS LSM 381
    LSM-380 81k LSM-381 moored alongside LSM-429 date and location unknown. Ken Jankowski for his father John "Ski" Jankowski MOmm2/c USS LSM 381
    LSM-380 59k LSM-381 moored pierside at Tsing Tao, China. Ken Jankowski for his father John "Ski" Jankowski MOmm2/c USS LSM 381
    LSM-380 57k LSM-381 moored inboard of LSM-447 and LSM-444 pierside at Tsing Tao, China. Ken Jankowski for his father John "Ski" Jankowski MOmm2/c USS LSM 381
    LSM-380 57k One of LSM-381's two Fairbanks Morse diesel engines. Ken Jankowski for his father John "Ski" Jankowski MOmm2/c USS LSM 381
    LSM-380 230k LSM-381's engine room annunciator. Ken Jankowski for his father John "Ski" Jankowski MOmm2/c USS LSM 381
    LSM-380 55k One of LSM-381's propellers on deck. The propeller was damaged date and location unknown. Ken Jankowski for his father John "Ski" Jankowski MOmm2/c USS LSM 381
    LSM-380 84k LSM-381's homeward bound pennant, date and location unknown. Ken Jankowski for his father John "Ski" Jankowski MOmm2/c USS LSM 381
    The DANFS history extract for LSM-381 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
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    USS LSM / LSMR Association
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