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USS LSM-499

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, 17 March 1945, at Brown Shipbuilding Co, Houston, TX.

Launched 7 April 1945

Commissioned USS LSM-499, 14 May 1945, LT. Arland C. Shea USNR in command

During World War II USS LSM-499 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LSM Flotilla Sixteen;
LSM Group Forty-Seven;
LSM Division Ninety-Five;

Following World War II USS LSM-499 was assigned to occupation service in the Far East from 16 September to 10 November 1945

Decommissioned, 1 August 1946, at Green Cove Springs, FL.

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

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

Sold in January 1959, to Phillips Walker Sales Co., Memphis, TN, converted to a barge

Final Disposition, scrapped between 1980 and 1989

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

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
	54k	USS LSM-499 under way off Okinawa, date unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
	54k	USS LSM-499 under way, date and location unknown. US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 83281.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
	55k	USS LSM-440, USS LSM-474, and USS LSM-499, left to right, at Sasebo Harbor, Kyushu, Japan, 23 September 1945.	Richard W. Friedrich, F/1c, LSM-467, Collection, slide number 021
	60k	USS LSM-499, at Sasebo Harbor, Kyushu, Japan, 22 - 24 September 1945.	Hugh L. Hudson, Jr., RM/2c, LSM-467, LSM-49, Collection, Photo 084
101449905	409k	Left to Right: USS LSM-253, USS LSM-499, USS LSM-122, Unknown LSM, USS LSM-103, beached at Matsuyama, Skikokyu, Japan, 18 October 1945	Paul Barrett for his father LTjg. Richard L Barrett, USNR USS LSM-499
101449908	266k	USS LSM-499 ship's party, circa 1946	Paul Barrett for his father LTjg. Richard L Barrett, USNR USS LSM-499
101449906	221k	USS LSM-499 officers, ship's party, circa 1946. Ltjg. Barrett is the officer in khaki uniform.	Paul Barrett for his father LTjg. Richard L Barrett, USNR USS LSM-499
101449907	280k	USS LSM-499 crew roster, circa 1946	Paul Barrett for his father LTjg. Richard L Barrett, USNR USS LSM-499

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Shea, Arlond Carrol, USNR	14 May 1945 - 1 August 1946

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

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