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LSM-455

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - 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 Western Pipe and Steel Co., San Pedro, CA.
  • Launched (date unknown)
  • Commissioned USS LSM-455, 12 March 1945 , LT. Robert A. Hamilton, USNR in command
  • During World War II LSM-455 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
  • Following World War II LSM-455 performed occupation duty in the Far East, including China service
  • Decommissioned, 25 March 1949, at San Diego, CA.
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group
  • Placed in service, 13 November 1951
  • Placed out of service, 13 March 1959
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, sold in 1959 for conversion to a barge, renamed Sandpiper, fate unknown.

    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 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-455 48k LSM-455 underway, date and place unknown. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-455 66k LSM-455 underway in San Francisco Bay, date unknown. Samuel Morrison to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-455 101k LSM-455 at anchor with an unidentified LSM, date and place unknown. Photo Courtesy Jim Tusing LSM-372,
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    LSM-455 84k LSM-455 underway, date and place unknown. Samuel Morrison to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    Commercial Service
    LSM-455 77k ex-LSM-455 in commercial service as the Jones Sand Co. barge Sandpiper moored at Martinez, CA. In the background is the Benecia Bridge which crosses the Carquinez Straights, February 1995. USS LSM / LSMR Association courtesy Frank Post USS LSM-4
    LSM-455 70k ex-LSM-455 in commercial service as the Jones Sand Co. barge Sandpiper moored at Martinez, CA., February 1995. USS LSM / LSMR Association courtesy Frank Post USS LSM-4
    LSM-455 85k ex-LSM-455 in commercial service as the Jones Sand Co. barge Sandpiper at Martinez, CA. February 1995. USS LSM / LSMR Association courtesy Frank Post USS LSM-4
    LSM-455 36k ex-LSM-455 in commercial service as the Jones Sand Co. barge Sandpiper moored mid-stream, place unknown, February 1995. USS LSM / LSMR Association courtesy Frank Post USS LSM-4
    The DANFS history extract for LSM-455 is from LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1997. (ISBN 1-56311-389-9).
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