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USS LSM-484 (1944 - 1960)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

USS LSM-484 was transferred to Turkey and named TCG Mordogan (N-101)

LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:

Laid down, 17 February 1945, at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston TX.

Launched, 10 March 1945

Commissioned USS LSM-484, 14 April 1945, LT. John M. Lamb USNR in command

During World War II USS LSM-484 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LSM Flotilla Fifteen;
LSM Group Forty-Four;
LSM Division Eighty-Seven;

Following World War II USS LSM-484 was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
2 September to 20 December 1945
21 December 1945 to 12 April 1946	21 December 1945 to 12 April 1946

Decommissioned, 19 December 1946, at Green Cove Springs, FL.

Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Florida Group, Green Cove Springs

Struck from the Naval Register, 8 September 1952

Authorized in FY 1951 for conversion to a Coastal Mine Layer

Converted at Ira S. Bushey & Sons, Inc., Brooklyn, N.Y., conversion begun 6 February 1952, completed 19 September 1952

Transferred, 4 October 1952, to Turkey as TCG Mordogan (N-101)

Reclassified MMC-11 by the US Navy, 1 October 1960

Decommissioned by the Turkish navy, 16 June 1993

Final Disposition, fate unknown

LSM 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 General Motors (model GM 16-278A, 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

MMC Specifications-Modifications:
Displacement 1,110 t.(fl)
Draft 8' 3" (max.)
Speed 12 kts. (design)
Complement 70
Armament two twin 40mm gun mounts, two single 20mm gun mounts

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
USS LSM-484
	35k	USS LSM-484 in San Francisco Bay, 1945-46. US Navy photo # NH 82180 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, courtesy D.M. McPherson, 1975.Note: Homeward Bound pennant flying from the ship's mast.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
TCG Mordogan (N-101)
	54k	Ex-USS LSM-484 in Turkish naval service as *TCG Mordogan* (N-101)** at anchor, date and location unknown.	Yucel M.Umar, CPO (Ret.) Turkish Navy
	68k	*TCG Mordogan* (N-101)** underway, date and location unknown.	Cüneyt Demir
	40k	*TCG Mordogan* (N-101)** underway, date and location unknown.	Cüneyt Demir
	182k	Drawing of *TCG Mordogan* (N-101)** by Cüneyt Demir	Cüneyt Demir