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USS LSM-473

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, 3 February 1945, at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston TX.
  • Launched, 24 February 1945
  • Commissioned USS LSM-473, 24 March 1945, LT. Raymond A. Johnson USNR in command
  • During World War II LSM-473 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LSM Flotilla Fifteen;
     LSM Group Forty-Four;
     LSM Division Eighty-Nine;
  • Decommissioned, 6 May 1946, at Astoria, OR.
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group, Astoria
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Sold in October 1958, to American Tug Boat Co., Everett, WA., converted to a barge
  • Final Disposition, 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 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-473 62k USS LSM-473 port, broadside view, off Brown Shipbuilding Co., Inc., Houston, TX., 27 March 1945
    US Navy photo.    		 USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-473 63k USS LSM-473 bow view, port, off Brown Shipbuilding Co., Inc., Houston, TX., 27 March 1945
    US Navy photo.    		 USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-473 66k USS LSM-473 broadside view, starboard, off Brown Shipbuilding Co., Inc., Houston, TX., 27 March 1945
    US Navy photo.    		 USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LCM-471
    101447129    		 372k Decommissioned USS LSM-471, USS LSM-473, along with minewseepers USS Compel (AM-162) and USS Concise (AM-163) moored at the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Swan Island, Portland, OR., 3 February 1946 Dave Schroeder and John Chiquoine
    The history extract for USS LSM-473 is from LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1997. (ISBN 1-56311-389-9).
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Johnson, Raymond A., USNR24 March 1945 - ?
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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