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CM-7 / AP-107 / LSV-2 / MCS-2 Ozark

LSV-2 - Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Alpha - Whiskey - Lima
 NAWL
MCS-2 - Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Delta - Bravo - Tango
 NDBT
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Meritorious Unit Commendation - American Campaign Medal
Second Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal
Third Row - National Defense Service Medal - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippine Liberation Medal (2)
Catskill Class Minelayer:
  • Laid down, 12 July 1941, at Williamette Iron and Steel Corp, Portland, OR. as Mine Layer CM-7
  • Launched, 15 June 1942
  • Redesignated Transport AP-107, 1 May 1943
  • Redesignated Landing Ship Vehicle LSV-2, 21 April 1944
  • Commissioned USS Ozark (LSV-2), 23 September 1944, CAPT. Frederick P. Williams in command
  • During World War II Ozark was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Luzon operation
    Lingayen Gulf landings, 9 January 1945     		Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 to 10 April 1945
    Iwo Jima operation
    Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, 19 to 27 February 1945     		.

  • Decommissioned, 25 June 1946, at Orange, TX.
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Texas Group, Beaumont, TX.
  • Redesignated Mine Countermeasures Support Ship MCS-2, 18 October 1956
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 September 1961
  • Transferred to the Maritime Administration (MARAD) for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet
  • Reacquired from MARAD, 19 June 1963
  • Reinstated on the Naval Register, 1 October 1963
  • Converted to a Mine Countermeasure Support Ship under the Navy 1963 Shipbuilding and Conversion Program at Norfolk Shipbuilding, Norfolk, VA.
  • Recommissioned, USS Ozark (MCS-2), 24 June 1966
  • Decommissioned and struck from the Naval Register, 1 April 1974
  • Sunk as a target, 1 September 1975
  • Ozark earned three battle stars for World War II service in addition to the Philippine Republic Presidential Unit Citation
    Specifications
    Displacement 5,875 t.(lt), 9,040 t.(fl)
    Length 453'
    Beam 60' 2"
    Draft 20'
    Speed 20 kts.
    Armament (LSV Configuration) two single 5"/38 Duel Purpose gun mounts, four twin 40mm, twenty single 20mm
    Complement 400+
    LSV Configuration Troop Accommodations 868
    Boats
    LSV Configuration - thirty-one DUKWS plus LCVPs
    MCS Configuration - twenty 36' MSLs
    Aircraft two helicopters
    Propulsion four Combustion Engineering 2-drum boilers, two General Electric geared turbines, 11,000 shaft horsepower, two shafts
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    USS Ozark (LSV-2)
    Ozark 38k Ozark (LSV-2) underway, circa 1944-1945, location unknown. Her camouflage is Measure 31 Design 15L. Laurence Talbott USN crew member
    and the James F Justin Online Museum
    Oral History Collection
    USS Ozark (MCS-2)
    Ozark 44k Ozark (MCS-2) underway circa 1967, location unknown
    US Navy photo    		 .
    Ozark 28k Ozark (MCS-2) underway circa 1967, location unknown.
    US Navy photo     		.
    View the Ozark (LSV-2/MCS-2)
    DANFS history entry located at the US Naval Historical Center
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    Association of Minemen
    Naval Minewarfare Association
    USS Ozark (LSV-2) at The Justin Naval Oral History Center
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