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LSM-462


USS LSM-462 was transferred to South Korea and redesignated ROK LSM-653
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 Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, TX.
  • Launched (date unknown)
  • Commissioned USS LSM-462, 4 March 1945, LTjg. Harold H. Bredell, USNR, in command
  • During World War II LSM-462 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
  • Following World War II LSM-462 performed occupation duty in the Far East including service in China
  • Decommissioned, 16 February 1955
  • Transferred, on loaned, under terms of the Security Assistance Program, to South Korea, the same day
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 15 November 1974
  • Renamed LSM-653 by South Korean Navy, 1980/81
  • Final Disposition, stripped of parts and disposed of by the South Korean Navy (date 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-462 259k LSM-462 commissioning crew at Little Creek Amphibious Base, Norfolk, VA., January 1944 LSM-462 web site
    LSM-462 45k LSM-462, LSM-170, LSM-161 and LSM-343 in a six ship assault wave formation while undergoing amphibious training, date and place unknown. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-462 57k LSM-462 at Shanghai China, circa January 1945 LSM 462 web site
    LSM-466 54k LSM-462 and LSM-466 off loading equipment at Kure Air Station, Japan, 16 October 1945. Photo Courtesy Jim Tusing LSM-372,
    Editor "Alligator Alley" The Newsletter
    of the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-462 52k LSM-462 departing San Diego, CA., with Point Loma in the background, date unknown. Oklahoma Sandscrapers
    LSM-462 39k LSM-462 moored to a buoy in a nest of LSMs, date and place unknown. Samuel Morison to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-462 51k LSM-462 underway, date and place unknown. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-462 98k LSM-462 underway, overhead view, date and place unknown. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-462 77k LSM-462 underway in San Diego harbor, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo # NH 14 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center    		 USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-462 95k LSM-462 departing San Diego, CA., with Point Loma in the far background, date unknown. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    The DANFS history extract for LSM-462 is from LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1997. (ISBN 1-56311-389-9).
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