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LSM-392 / MMC-9


USS LSM-392 was transferred to Denmark and named HDMS Vindhunden (N-61)
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:
  • Laid down, 28 November 1944, at U.S. Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C.
  • Launched, 17 December 1944
  • Commissioned USS LSM-392, 8 February 1945, LT. Vernon F. Bell, USNR, in command
  • During World War II LSM-392 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
  • Decommissioned, 2 May 1947, at Green Cove Springs, FL.
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Green Cove Springs
  • Authorized for conversion in FY 1953 to a Coastal Mine Layer
  • Converted at Summit Iron Works, Brooklyn, N.Y., conversion begun 10 August 1953, completed 8 June 1954
  • Transferred to Denmark 8 June 1954
  • Commissioned into the Danish Navy as HDMS Vindhunden (N-61), 22 June 1954
  • Designation changed by US Navy to MMC-9, 1 October 1960
  • Decommissioned by the Danish Navy, 22 June 1964
  • Returned to US Naval custody, and struck from the Naval Register in 1965
  • Final Disposition, sold in 1965, fate unknown
    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 six single 20mm AA gun mounts, modified to one single bow mounted 40mm AA gun mount and four single 20mm AA 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 General Motors (non-reversible with airflex clutch) diesels. Direct drive with 1,440 BHP each @ 720rpm, twin screws, Endurance, 4,900 miles @ 12kts.(928 tons displacement)

    MMC Specifications modifications:
    Displacement 1,095 t.(fl)
    Draft 8' 3" (max.)
    Speed 12 kts.
    Complement 60
    Armament four twin 40mm gun mounts, six single 20mm gun mounts
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    USS LSM-392
    LSM-396 88k LSM-308, and LSM-396 at the fitting out piers at US Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C. Other ships in this photo include LSM-309, LSM 389, LSM-390, LSM-391, LSM-392, LSM-393, LSM-394, LSM-395, LSM-397, LSM-398, Ray K. Edwards (APD-96), Arthur L. Bristol (APD-97), Truxton (APD-98) and Upham (APD-99).
    US Navy Yard Charleston photo # 132-46, dated 10 January 1945.     		USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-392 48k LSM-392 and LST-957 beached at Ie Shima, August 1945 Allen R. Westerberger to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-392 63k LSM-392 beached at Ie Shima, August 1945 Allen R. Westerberger to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-392, LSM-480, ATA-203 144k LSM-392 and LSM-480 in Mira Flores Lock, Panama Canal, steel structure in left background is an auxiliary lock gate. Photo taken from ATA-203, 20 June 1946 Richard W. Friedrich, F/1c, LSM-467, Collection, slide number 201
    LSM-392, LSM-480, ATA-203 47k LSM-392 and LSM-480 Approaching Pedro Miguel Lock, Panama Canal. Photo taken from ATA-203, 20 June 1946 Richard W. Friedrich, F/1c, LSM-467, Collection, slide number 204
    LSM-392, LSM-480, ATA-203 47k LSM-392 and LSM-480 Entering Pedro Miguel Lock, Panama Canal. Photo taken from ATA-203, 20 June 1946 Richard W. Friedrich, F/1c, LSM-467, Collection, slide number 205
    LSM-392, LSM-480, ATA-203 47k LSM-392 and LSM-480 in Pedro Miguel Lock, Panama Canal, while lock is being flooded. Photo taken from ATA-203, 20 June 1946. Richard W. Friedrich, F/1c, LSM-467, Collection, slide number 205
    LSM-392, LSM-480, ATA-203 47k LSM-392 and LSM-480 entering Gatun Lock. Photo taken from ATA-203, 20 June 1946. Richard W. Friedrich, F/1c, LSM-467, Collection, slide number 205
    LSM-392 52k LSM-392 underway, date and place unknown. Erwin Kaufman to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-392 58k LSM-392 drydocked, date and location unknown. This photo may have been taken while LSM-392 was undergoing conversion to a Coastal Minelayer at Summit Iron Works, Brooklyn, N.Y. Al McAnany USS LSM-392 to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    HDMS Vindhunden (N-61)
    LSM-392 63k ex-LSM-392 in Danish service as the Coastal Minelayer HDMS Vindhunden (N-61) underway, date and location unknown. Note: although she has been rebuilt as a Coastal Minelayer she still is carrying her old hull number. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-392 60k HDMS Vindhunden (N-61) underway, circa 2 to 5 May 1960, location unknown. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    The DANFS history for LSM-392 is based on an extract from LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1997. (ISBN 1-56311-389-9)
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