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LSM-399


USS LSM-399 was transferred to Greece and named HNS Ipopliarkhos Roussen (L-164)
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal
LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:
  • Laid down, 29 December 1944, at U.S. Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C.
  • Launched, 16 January 1945
  • Commissioned USS LSM-399, 13 August 1945, LTjg. Charles A. Ingerbretsen, USNR, in command
  • Decommissioned, 26 August 1955, at Green Cove Springs, FL.; Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Green Cove Springs, FL.
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Transferred, 3 November 1958, to Greece, renamed HNS Ipopliarkhos Roussen (L-164)
  • Final Disposition, to be scrapped.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 520 t.(light), 743 t. (landing) 1,095 t.(fully loaded)
    Length 203' 6"
    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 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-399 63k LSM-399 and LCT-621 (at far left) beached along with an unidentified LST, probably in the Caribbean, date unknown. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-399 79k LSM-399 anchored at Knoxville, TN. for Navy Day 1945. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-108,109,399 77k From left to right LSM-108, LSM-109 and LSM-399 beached at Algiers Naval Base, New Orleans, LA. circa 13 November to 9 December 1945. Note: masts and yardarms had been removed for river travel. Courtesy Jim Tusing LSM-372,
    Editor "Alligator Alley" The Newsletter
    of the USS LSM - LSMR Association, photo courtesy Joe Gerengsen USS LSM-109, Alligator Alley, June 1992
    LSM-399 81k LSM-399 underway off San Diego, CA., 26 August 1954.
    Photo by Oather Morper.    		 Bill Brinkley and the USS LSM-LSMR Association
    LSM-399 57k LSM-399 underway, date and place unknown. Bill Brinkley and the USS LSM-LSMR Association
    LSM-399 63k LSM-399 moored in the San Francisco Bay area, post World War I.I.
    US Navy photo # NH 84995 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, courtesy D.M. McPherson, 1976.    		 USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-399 103k LSM-399 underway, overhead view, date and place unknown. Dan Slattery for his father Joseph F. Slattery BM3/c USS LSM-399
    HNS Ipopliarkhos Roussen (L-164)
    LSM-399 124k Ex-LSM-399 in Greek Naval Service as HNS Ipopliarkhos Roussen (L-164), beached for demolition in a scrap yard at Eleusina, Greece, date unknown. Harris Alexandris
    LSM-399 127k Ex-LSM-399 in Greek Naval Service as HNS Ipopliarkhos Roussen (L-164), beached for demolition in a scrap yard at Eleusina, Greece, date unknown. Harris Alexandris
    The DANFS history extract for LSM-399 is from LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1997. (ISBN 1-56311-389-9).
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