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LSM-441

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 (date unknown) 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 LSM-441 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
  • 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" 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 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 Fairbanks Morse (model 38D81/8X10, reversible with hydraulic 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-441 42k LSM-441 launch at Dravo Corporation, Wilmington, DE., 30 March 1945. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-441 60k 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
    LSM-107 82k LSM-107 and LSM-441 moored pierside, date and place unknown. Dana Vickery to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-107 80k LSM-107 and LSM-441 moored pierside, date and place unknown. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-441 52k 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
    The DANFS history extract for LSM-441 is from LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1997. (ISBN 1-56311-389-9).
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    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
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