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LSM-394

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Philippine Liberation Medal
LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:
  • Laid down, 9 December 1944, at U.S. Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C.
  • Launched, 29 December 1944
  • Commissioned USS LSM-394, 12 March 1945, LTjg. Jacob Schulman, USNR, in command
  • During World War II LSM-394 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
  • Decommissioned, 24 September 1946
  • Laid up in the Reserve Fleet
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, sold in December 1958, to Gibbs Corp., Jacksonville, FL., 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)
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    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-394 91k LSM-394 crew photo, Subic Bay, Zambales, P.I., 10 March 1946. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-394 71k LSM-394 beached at Legazpi, at the foot of the volcanic, Mt. Mayon, southern Luzon, P.I., date unknown. Mt. Mayon's elevation is approximately 6,200 ft. Mike Monnington to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-394 89k LSM-394 underway, date and place unknown. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    The DANFS history extract for LSM-394 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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