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LSM-448


Contributed by Joe Radigan
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 - National Defense Service Medal
LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:
  • Laid down (date unknown) at Western Pipe and Steel Co., San Pedro, CA.
  • Launched (date unknown) Commissioned USS LSM-448, 4 January 1945, LT. L.S. Murphy, USN in command
  • During World War II LSM-448 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
  • Following World War II LSM-448 was based at Guam, Marinas Islands
  • Decommissioned, 25 January 1957, at Astoria, OR.
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, sold in October 1958, to Hugo Neu Corp., New York, N.Y., fate unknown
    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 13.2 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-448 48k LSM-448 at Pagan Island, Marianas Islands, 1956 Richard E. Richardson EN1 USN USS LSM 448
    LSM-448 18k LSM-448 beached in the Marianas Islands, circa 1955-56. Fred Prokop USS LSM-448 1955-56
    LSM-448 72k LSM-448 underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, August 1954 issue.    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    LSM-448 61k LSM-448 moored, in the US Trust Territory, Marianas Islands, date unknown.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, August 1954 issue.    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    LSM-448 69k LSM-448 underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-448 44k LSM-448 beached, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Sam Morison to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-448 62k LSM-448 off Iwo Jima during "Operation MinAmi", 25 October 1952.
    US Navy photo # NH 477194 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center    		 USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-448 60k LSM-448 underway, date and location unknown. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-448 96k LSM-448 beached, date and location unknown. Richard E. Richardson EN1 USN USS LSM 448
    The DANFS history extract for LSM-448 is from LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1997. (ISBN 1-56311-389-9).
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