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USS LSM-474

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)

USS LSM-474 was transferred to Taiwan and renumber LSM-355

LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:

Laid down, 3 February 1945, at Brown Shipbuilding Co, Houston, TX.

Launched, 24 February 1945

Commissioned USS LSM-474, 25 March 1945, LT. Russell W. Boys USN in command

During World War II LSM-474 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LSM Flotilla Fifteen;
LSM Group Forty-Four;
LSM Division Ninety;

Following World War II USS LSM-474 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 20 September to 26 November 1945

Decommissioned, 23 July 1946, at Astoria, OR.

Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group, Astoria

Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)

Transferred, 6 February 1959, to Taiwan, Renumbered LSM-355 by Taiwanese Navy

Final Disposition, scrapped 1973

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

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
70k	USS LSM-283 coming alongside USS LSM-474 and another LSM at Sasebo Harbor, Kyushu, Japan in September 1945.	Steve Messerian the USS LSM / LSMR Association
55k	jUSS LSM-440, USS LSM-474, and USS LSM-499, left to right, at Sasebo, Kyushu, Japan, 23 September 1945.	Richard W. Friedrich, F/1c, USS LSM-467, Collection, slide number 021
68k	USS LSM-474 at Sasebo, Kyushu, Japan, 23 September 1945. Bow door is USS LSM-467	Hugh L. Hudson, Jr., RM/2c, USS LSM-467, Collection, photo number 091
170k	USS LSM-474 unloading 5th Marine Division Tanks at Sasebo, Kyushu, Japan, September 1945. USS LSM-478 is in the background.	Bill Heist, USS LSM-474, slide-003
43k	LSM-474 at anchor, port side view; date and location unknown.	Bill Heist, USS LSM-474, slide-001
73k	USS LSM-474 at Matsuyama, Shikoku, Japan, 25 October 1945. USS LSM-474 and USS LSM-44, USS LSM-94, USS LSM-111, USS LSM-227, USS LSM-283, USS LSM-286, USS LSM-467, transported the *132nd Combat Engineers, 77 Army Division* to Matsuyama.	Bill Heist, USS LSM-474, slide-002
69k	USS LSM-474 and USS LSM-111 moored together at Nagasaki, Japan, date unknown.	Tom O'Connor to the USS LSM / LSMR Association

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Boys, Russell W., USN	25 March 1945 - ?

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
USS LSM-LSMR Association

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