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LSM-480

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top 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-480, 5 April 1945 , LT. William O. Davis, USNR in command
  • During World War II LSM-480 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
  • Following World War II LSM-480 performed occupation duty in the Far East
  • Decommissioned, 24 September 1946
  • Laid up in the Reserve Fleet
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, sold, December 1958, to Fleet Storage Corp., New York, NY, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 520 t.(light), 743 t. (landing) 1,095 t.(fully loaded)
    Length 203' 6" oa
    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 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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    LSM-480 59k LSM-480 moored pierside at Yokosuka, Japan, October 1945. Victor Johnson to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-326 69k LSM-480 and LSM-326 beached at Yokohama, Japan, 20 October 1945. Anthony J. Pacillo RM/2c USS LSM-326
    LSM-480 68k LSM-480 moored pierside, date and place unknown. Kendrick to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-392, LSM-480, ATA-203 144k LSM-480 and LSM-392 in Mira Flores Lock, Panama Canal, ATA-203 is in the foreground. Steel Structure in left background is an auxiliary lock gate, 20 June 1946 Richard W. Friedrich, F/1c, LSM-467, Collection, slide number 201
    LSM-392, LSM-480, ATA-203 144k LSM-480 and LSM-392 Entering Pedro Miguel Lock, Panama Canal. ATA-203 is in the foreground, 20 June 1946 Richard W. Friedrich, F/1c, LSM-467, Collection, slide number 204
    LSM-392, LSM-480, ATA-203 47k LSM-480 and LSM-392 entering Pedro Miguel Lock, Panama Canal, photo taken from ATA-203, 20 June 1946 Richard W. Friedrich, F/1c, LSM-467, Collection, slide number 205
    LSM-392. LSM-480, ATA-203 47k LSM-480 and LSM-392 in Pedro Miguel Lock, Panama Canal, while lock is being flooded, ATA-203 is in foreground, 20 June 1946. Richard W. Friedrich, F/1c, LSM-467, Collection, slide number 205
    LSM-392, LSM-480, ATA-203 47k LSM-480 and LSM-392 entering Gatun Lock, photo taken from ATA-203, 20 June 1946. Richard W. Friedrich, F/1c, LSM-467, Collection, slide number 205
    The DANFS history extract for LSM-480 is from LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1997. (ISBN 1-56311-389-9).
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    Fleet Reserve Association
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