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USS LSM-467

Voice Radio Call sign "Abracadabra Seven"
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, 20 January 1945, at Brown Ship Building Co., Houston TX.
  • Launched, 10 February 1945
  • Commissioned USS LSM-467, 15 March 1945, LT. Ralph L. Brunson USNR in command
  • During World War II LSM-467 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LSM Flotilla Eleven
     LSM Group Thirty-Two;
     LSM Division Sixty-Three
  • Following World War II USS LSM-467 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 16 September to 14 December 1945
  • Decommissioned, 12 August 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 25 September 1946
  • Sold, 8 October 1947, to Nick Bez, Seattle, WA., converted to a barge, named Corregidor
  • Final Disposition, scrapped circa 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 Fairbanks Morse (model 38D81/8X10, 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
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    LSM-467 121k LSM-467 moored at the Southern Pacific Docks, Houston Ship Channel for her 15 March 1945 commissioning in Houston, Texas. Visitors were aboard 0950 to 1240. Hugh L. Hudson, Jr., RM2/c, LSM-467 Collection, Photo 002
    LSM-467 61k USS LSM-467 under way in off Sasebo Harbor, Japan, 22-24 September 1945. Stephen Messerian USS LSM-387 to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-467/440/112/467 51k Six LSM's including USS LSM-343,
    USS LSM-440,
    USS LSM-112, and
    USS LSM-467 at Sasebo Harbor Seaplane Ramp, Kyushu, Japan. The group had just completed transporting the 5th Marine Tank Battalion from Hilo, Hawaii to Sasebo, Japan, circa 22-24 September 1945.    		 Hugh L. Hudson, Jr., RM/2c, USS LSM-49, USS LSM-467, Collection, Photo 074
    LSM-467 122k USS LSM-467 at Sasebo Harbor Seaplane Ramp, Kyushu, Japan. 22 September 1945. Hugh L. Hudson, Jr., RM/2c, USS LSM-49, USS LSM-467, Collection, Photo 072
    LSM-467 130k USS LSM-467 at Sasebo Harbor Seaplane Ramp, Kyushu, Japan. 22 September 1945. A chief or officer walking the plank. LSM at her starboard may be USS LSM-112. Hugh L. Hudson, Jr., RM/2c, USS LSM-49, USS LSM-467, Collection, Photo 056
    LSM-467/112 68k USS LSM-467 and crew at the Sasebo Harbor Seaplane Base; Sasebo, Kyushu, Japan, 22 September 1945. USS LSM-112 is at left. LSM-LST Convoy has transported 5th Marines to Sasebo for Occupation Duty. USS LSM-467 Crew members standing left to right, Carroll D. Johnson RdM/2c, Frederick D. Myers PhM/1c, Leroy S. Pilcher RdM/2c, Raymond K. Acree SM/2c, Argie E. Cox SC/1c, Paul Tagliabue RM/3c, Grady L. Wilkerson S/2c, Bill Refenes SC/3c, Theodore Jensen MoMM/3c; Sitting left to right, Moses B. Arellanes GM/3c, Charles L. Ricks S/2c, Darrell B. Hubbard S/2c (GM), Earl M. Michl S/2c, William F. Craig Cox. Richard W. Friedrich, F/1c, USS LSM-467, Collection, slide number 018
    LSM-467 104k Damage caused by the Liberty Ship SS Midwest Farmer colliding with USS LSM-467 during "Typhoon Louise" at Buckner Bay, Okinawa, 9 October 1945. The collision buckled the starboard superstructure, crashing into the radio shack, and trapping men in the radar plot. Photo by Ens. Carl Metz USS LSM-467
    LSM-467 65k Port stern quarter photo of USS LSM-467. USS LSM-116 and USS LSM-415 nested at Sasebo Harbor, Kyushu, Japan, circa 10 to 15 November 1945. Hugh L. Hudson, Jr., RM/2c, USS LSM-49, USS LSM-467, Collection, Photo 125
    LSM-467/112 88k USS LSM-467 at Tulosa, Leyte, P.I. Looking toward the bow, John S. Moore, S/2c, doing laundry, 11 December 1945. USS LSM-117 is moored with her starboard side to LSM-467's port side. Richard W. Friedrich, F/1c, USS LSM-467, Collection, slide number 040
    LSM-467 80k USS LSM-467 "Queen of the Drydocks" at Guiuan, Samar. 20 December 1945 Richard W. Friedrich, F/1c, USS LSM-467, Collection
    LSM-467 68k USS LSM-467 at Guiuan, Samar, P.I. Note the Japanese suicide boat at the bow of USS LSM-467, 20 December 1945. Richard W. Friedrich, F/1c, USS LSM-467, Collection, slide number 063B
    LSM-467 60k USS LSM-467 beached at Taloma, Mindanao, P.I. 25 December 1945. The ship to starboard is USS LST-914 Richard W. Friedrich, F/1c, USS LSM-467, Collection, slide number 076A
    LSM-467 69k USS LSM-467 at Santa Ana Pier, Davao, Mindanao, P.I. 28 December 1945. Loading 200 Tons of Manila hemp onto SS Marine Runner. Richard W. Friedrich, F/1c, USS LSM-467, Collection, slide number 81
    LSM-467 76k USS LSM-467 beached at Kling, Mindanao on the morning of 4 January 1946. Stevedores unloaded food stuffs and trade goods from Daliao, Mindanao for a US commercial company. Richard W. Friedrich, F/1c, USS LSM-467 photo
    LSM-467 70k Richard L. Kallenbach, MoMM3/c, and Charles J. Winkler, SM3/c standing in front of USS LSM-467 with two Filipino girls. c. December 1945-11 January 1946. Winkler departed the ship on 12 January 1946. Richard W. Friedrich, F/1c, USS LSM-467 photo
    LSM-467 83k USS LSM-467 towing LCM-161, left, and LCM-127 right off Cabra Island, northwest of Lubang, Island, P.I. during Lubang Island Occupation Campaign. 25 February 1946. Richard W. Friedrich, F/1c, USS LSM-467, Collection, slide number 172
    LSM-467 67k USS LSM-467 off the West Coast of Lubang, Island, P.I., late February 1946, conning tower shot. Richard W. Friedrich, F/1c, USS LSM-467, Collection, slide number 171B
    LSM-467 79k USS LSM-467 off the West Coast of Lubang, Island, P.I., late February 1946, well deck shot. Richard W. Friedrich, F/1c, USS LSM-467, Collection, slide number 171A
    LSM-467 66k USS LSM-467 at Tilic Harbor, Lubang, Island, P.I. LCM's are moored to LSM-467, late February 1946. Richard W. Friedrich, F/1c, USS LSM-467, Collection, slide number 166
    LSM-467 72k USS LSM-467 beached at South Harbor, Manila, P.I., March 1946. Richard W. Friedrich, F/1c, USS LSM-467, Collection, slide number 137
    LSM-467 55k USS LSM-467 at Manila Bay, March 1946 Richard W. Friedrich, F/1c, USS LSM-467, Collection, slide number 138
    LSM-467 72k USS LST-780, USS LSM-467, and SS Marquette Victory March 1946. USS LSM-467 crew members Joe F. Erhart, F/2c at left and Robert C. Lozmack, BM/2c at right, playing ball. Richard W. Friedrich, F/1c, USS LSM-467, Collection, slide number 143
    LSM-467 70k USS LSM-467 and SS Marquette Victory at Manila Bay. USS LSM-467 is beached and taking on Army Air Force gasoline trucks. March 1946. Richard W. Friedrich, F/1c, US LSM-467, Collection, slide number 144
    LSM-467 93k Gasoline is being transferred from a tanker to a truck in USS LSM-467's well deck. The crew members are Earl M. Michl, S/2c, at left and Darrell B. Hubbard, S/2c(GM), March 1946. Richard W. Friedrich, F/1c, USS LSM-467, Collection, slide number 145
    LSM-467 63k USS LSM-467 at the Manila Bay dock area. The skyline of Manila is in the background, March 1946. Richard W. Friedrich, F/1c, USS LSM-467, Collection, slide number 147
    LSM-467 50k USS LSM-467 arriving back at Manila Bay from the Lubang Island Occupation Duty, 7 March 1946. Richard W. Friedrich, F/1c, USS LSM-467, Collection, slide number 177
    LSM-467 58k USS LSM-467 at anchor in Manila Bay. Sunken Japanese tanker is at right, March 1946. Richard W. Friedrich, F/1c, USS LSM-467, Collection, slide number 152
    LSM-467 28k USS LSM-467 probably at Manila Bay, March 1946, "has her bow doors open ready to load trucks." Another LSM is beached port side to LSM-467. Photo by Robert C. Lozmack, BM/2c, USS LSM-116, USS LSM-467
    LSM-467 45k USS LSM-467 date and place unknown. Photo from Ensign Carl Metz, USS LSM-467, Collection
    LSM-372 124k USS LSM-372 alongside USS LSM-467, date and location unknown. USS LSM-372, USS LSM-394, USS LSM-467, and USS LSM-487 were en-route from Guiuan, Samar via , Apra Harbor, Guam, and Pearl Harbor, Hawaii to Port Hueneme, CA., 11 April to 21 May 1946. Robert Hall for his father John W. Hall Gunner's Mate USS LSM-487
    LSM-467 83k USS LSM-467 departing San Francisco Bay, Monday, 27 May 1946, for the last time. She is in front of the San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge and has just departed Naval Station Treasure Island to rendezvous with PC 589 and USS LST-1018 near the Golden Gate Bridge. With these ships LSM-467 traveled north for decommissioning on 12 August 1946. Hugh L. Hudson, Jr., RM/2c, USS LSM-49, USS LSM-467, Collection, Photo A01
    The history extract for USS LSM-467 is from LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1997. (ISBN 1-56311-389-9).
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Brunson, Ralph L., USNR15 March 1945
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    USS LSM-LSMR Association
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