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Asiatic-Pacific Campaign |
| Campaign and Dates |
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| Iwo Jima operation
Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, 19 February 16 March 1945 |
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414k | USS LSM-60 and USS SC-1374 with other ships of
the invasion fleet off Iwo Jima, to the right in the photograph. This image depicts the black slopes of Mount Suribachi looming in the distance as the American Task Force
edges close to the beaches of Iwo Jima, 19 February 1945.
US National Archives Identifier 205585173, Local Identifier 26-G-4470, US Coast Guard Photo # 26-G-4470.. |
David Upton | |
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76k | USS LSM-74, USS LSM-60 and USS LSM-238 heading towards the beachhead at Iwo Jima, 19 February 1945. | USS LSM / LSMR Association | |
101406007 |
96k | USS LSM-60 at Pearl Harbor, circa 1945. | Barry W. Smith for his father William P. Smith RM3 USS LSM-301. | |
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178k | Overhead view of USS LSM-60 being prepared for "Operation Crossroads" Test Baker at Eniwetok.USS LSM-60
designated the "Cinderella Ship" for Test Baker, had the dubious distinction of having the bomb strapped to the bottom of her hull. US Navy photo. |
USS LSM / LSMR Association | |
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170k | USS LSM-60 with the midships hoist being used to lower the cassion into the ship's hold for "Operation Crossroads" Test Baker at Bikini Atoll. US Navy photo. |
USS LSM / LSMR Association | |
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146k | USS LSM-60 being drydocked in preparation for "Operation Crossroads" Test Baker. US Navy photo. |
USS LSM / LSMR Association | |
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80k | USS LSM-60 moored pierside at the shipyard while work progresses on her preparation for "Operation Crossroads" Test Baker. US Navy photo. |
USS LSM / LSMR Association | |
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65k | USS LSM-60 anchored at Bikini Atoll ready for "Operation Crossroads" Test Baker. The cassion slung under her hull has been lowered to a predetermined depth.
Test Baker was the under water shot designed to determine the effects of an under water atomic bomb explosion upon ships, particularly ship hulls. Use of a surface vessel from which to suspend the bomb made possible a detonation at exactly the predetermined depth and at the exact center of the target array. All errors in positioning the bomb were thus avoided. The antenna used to receive the radio signal which detonated the bomb and the midships hoist used for lowering the bomb cassion are clearly visible in this photo. US Navy photo. |
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59k | USS LSM-60 was obliterated during Operation "Crossroads," Test Baker at Eniwetok Atoll when the signal was received via her antenna at 0835 24 July 1946. US Department of Energy photo |
Raymond A. Biswanger, Jr., Ph.D., LT. USN Ret. USS LSM-9 and USS LSM-538 | |
| Commanding Officers | |||
| 01 | LT. Doar, William W., USNR | 25 August 1944 - September 1945 | |
| 02 | LT. Wyche Jr., William A., USNR | September 1945 - December 1945 | |
| 03 | LTjg. Burk, Richard D., USNR | December 1945 - March 1946 | |
| 04 | LTjg. Burns, E. J., USNR | March 1946 - 18 April 1946 | |
| 05 | CDR. Owens, Hinton Allen, USN (USNA-1932) | 18 April 1946 - 19 August 1946 | |
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