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USS LSM-441

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, 15 February 1945, at Dravo Corporation, Wilmington, DE.

Launched, 30 March 1945

Commissioned USS LSM-441, 30 April 1945, LT. Forrest H. Mades USNR in command

During World War II USS LSM-441 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LSM Flotilla Fifteen;
LSM Group Forty-Three;
LSM Division Eighty-Six;

Following World War II USS LSM-441 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 22 September to 20 November 1945

Decommissioned, 30 August 1949, at Long Beach, CA.

Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

Final Disposition, sold in July 1958 to Duilen Steel Products, Seattle, WA., converted to a barge and scrapped prior to 1980

Specifications:
Displacement 520 t.(light), 743 t. (landing) 1,095 t.(fully loaded)
Length 203' 6" (ovl)
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 twin 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

Fuel Capacity

Diesel 1,225 Bbls

Troop Accommodations

2 officers

46 enlisted

Armor 10-lb. STS splinter shield to gun mounts, pilot house and conning station

Endurance 4,900 miles @ 12kts.(928 tons displacement)

Propulsion

two General Motors (model GM 16-278A, reversible with hydraulic clutch) Diesel engines, direct drive with 1,440 BHP each @ 720rpm
Ship's Service Generators
two Diesel-drive 100Kw 450V A.C.
one Diesel-drive 20Kw 120V D.C.

twin propellers, 2,800shp

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
307k	USS LSM-441 crew pose for a group photo at the completion of their training at Naval Amphibious Training Base, Little Creek, VA., date unknown. Lionel Sutton QM3/c, is standing 5th from the left. US Navy photo.	Phil Sutton for his father Lionel Sutton QM3/c USS LSM-441
42k	*LSM-441* launch at Dravo Corporation, Wilmington, DE., 30 March 1945.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
212k	USS LSM-441 commissioning ceremony, 30 April 1945, at Dravo Corporation, Wilmington, DE. US Navy photos.	Phil Sutton for his father Lionel Sutton QM3/c USS LSM-441
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60k	USS LSM-441 beached with an unidentified LSM, date and place unknown.	Photo Courtesy Jim Tusing LSM-372, Editor "Alligator Alley" The Newsletter of the USS LSM - LSMR Association
82k	USS LSM-107 and USS LSM-441 moored pierside, date and place unknown.	Dana Vickery to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
80k	USS LSM-107 and USS LSM-441 moored pierside, date and place unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
52k	USS LSM-441 passing under the Golden Gate Bridge at San Francisco, CA., 1945-46. US Navy photo # NH 83275 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, courtesy D.M. McPherson, 1975.	USS LSM / LSMR Association