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LSM-437

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 - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:
  • Laid down (date unknown) at Dravo Corporation, Wilmington, DE.
  • Launched, 10 March 1945
  • Commissioned USS LSM-437, 31 March 1945, LT. William W. Perkins, USNR in command
  • During World War II LSM-437 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
  • Following World War II LSM-437 performed occupation duty
  • ran aground, 9 October 1945, during a typhoon, at Buckner Bay, Okinawa and was refloated, 15 October 1945
  • Decommissioned, 11 December 1947, at San Francisco, CA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 26 February 1948, to New Orleans Shipwrecking Corp., Chicago, IL.
    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 13.2kts. (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 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-437 45k LSM-437 launch at Dravo Corporation, Wilmington, DE., 10 March 1945. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-437 87k LSM-437 overhead view underway after World War II.
    US Navy photo # NH 84896 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, courtesy D.M. McPherson, 1976.    		 Bill Greenfied to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    The DANFS history extract for LSM-437 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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