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LSM-477


USS LSM-477 was transferred to Australia, and named Brudenell White (AV-1354)
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 (date unknown) at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, TX.
  • Launched (date unknown)
  • Commissioned USS LSM-477, 3 April 1945, LT. Charles R. Miller Jr., USNR in command
  • During World War II LSM-477 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
  • Following World War II LSM-477 performed occupation duty in the Far East
  • Decommissioned, 15 May 1946, at Astoria, OR.
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group, Astoria
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Transferred, sold, to Australia, 16 July 1959, renamed Brudenell White (AV-1354) and assigned to the Australian Army Royal Engineers, 32 Small Ship Squadron
  • Final Disposition, deactivated by Australian Army and sold in 1972
  • Sold to Pacific Logistics of Panama, reported sunk in 1975 on her maiden voyage to Phnom Penh, Cambodia by rocket fire on the Mekong River.
    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 Accommodations 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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    USS LSM-477
    LSM-240 50k LSM-240 and LSM-477 beached, date and location unknown. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-477 59k LSM-240 beached, date and location unknown. Richard Remley in honor of his father Harris T. Remley S1/c USS LSM-471
    Brudenell White (AV-1354)
    LSM-477 79k Ex-LSM-477 in Australian service as Brudenell White (AV-1354) Peter Bayliss
    LSM-477 96k Brudenell White (AV-1354) arriving at Sydney, 31 December 1959. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-477 57k Brudenell White (AV-1354) off-loading a vehicle to a pontoon near Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia during the 1960s. The 50' tug The Luke is alongside. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-477 92k Brudenell White (AV-1354) embarking a DUKW from the water, circa 1960. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-477 27k Brudenell White (AV-1354) Papua, New Guinea, Sept. 1964. Peter Bayliss
    Commercial Service
    LSM-477 43k Ex-Brudenell White (AV-1354) in commercial service, 1975 Peter Bayliss
    The DANFS history extract for LSM-477 is from LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1997. (ISBN 1-56311-389-9).
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