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USS LSM-555

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

USS LSM-555 was transferred to Ecuador and named Tarqui

LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:

Laid down, 3 March 1945, at the US Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C.

Launched, 22 March 1945

Commissioned USS LSM-555, 24 September 1945, LT. Edmund R. Murphy USNR in command

During World War II USS LSM-555 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LSM Flotilla Fifteen;
LSM Group Forty-Three;
LSM Division Eighty-Six;

Decommissioned, 3 May 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

Transferred in November 1958 to Ecuador and named Tarqui

Assigned various pennant numbers from 1963: TD02 then T32 and T52

Final Disposition, struck by the Ecuadorian Navy and disposed of in 1987, fate unknown

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
USS LSM-555
	127k	Charleston Navy Yard fitting out pier "C" looking north to river end. Shop field offices and Building Ways 1 and 2 in background on left. Pre-Commission Units present USS LSM-556, USS LSM-557, USS LSM-558 front row. Second row USS LSM-553, USS LSM-554 and USS LSM-555. Beyond the LSMs is *USS Tidewater* (AD-31)**. Charleston Navy Yard photo # 1997-45	USS LSM / LSMR Association
	52k	USS LSM-555 underway, circa September 1945. location unknown.	Submitted by John Donald Murphy to honor his father LT. Edmund Robert Murphy USNR, ex CO USS LSM-555, deceased.
	90k	19 LSMs at Green Cove Springs, FL., date unknown. Decommissioned ships present and identifiable are: Front Row: USS LSM-558, USS LSM-539, USS LSM-543 and USS LSM-544 Second Row-?: USS LSM-413, USS LSM-542 and USS LSM-540 Third Row: ?, ?, USS LSM-555 and ?.	Al Edwards LSM-343 to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
101453808	301k	Decommissioned USS LSM-538, USS LSM-543, USS LSM-544 and USS LSM-555 moored in a nest in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet at Green Cove Springs, FL., 3 March 1946.	Dave Schroeder and John Chiquoine
Tarqui (TD01)
	69k	Ex-USS LSM-555 in Ecuadorian naval service as Tarqui (TD01) at anchor, circa 1963, location unknown. Official Ecuadorian Navy photo.	Submitted by John Donald Murphy to honor his father LT. Edmund Robert Murphy USNR, ex CO USS LSM-555, deceased.

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Murphy, Edmund R., USNR	24 September 1945 - ?

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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