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USS LSM-222

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Charlie - Juliet
NVCJ

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 (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:

Laid down, 15 July 1944, at Dravo Corporation, Wilmington, DE.

Launched, 5 August 1944

Commissioned USS LSM-222, 1 September 1944, LT. Lewis T. Jones, USNR in command

During World War II USS LSM-222 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LSM Flotilla Six, CDR. A. R. Quinn USN;
LSM Group Seventeen, LCDR. C. H. Johnson, USNR;
LSM Division Thirty-Four and participated the following campaign:

Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 9 April to 30 June 1945

Following World War II USS LSM-222 was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
2 to 27 September 1945
28 September to 30 October 1945	28 September to 20 October1945

Decommissioned, 17 March 1947, at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.

Struck from the Naval Register in 1946

USS LSM-222 earned one battle star for World War II service

Sold, 29 December 1947, to Charles Weaver & Co., Detroit, MI., converted to a barge, Official Number (259180)

Last Known Disposition, owned and operated by Tidewater Barge Lines, Vancouver, WA., renamed Otsega, formerly used to transport wheat, currently used as a "tie-off barge", designated Spud-Barge No. 3 by Tidewater Barge Lines

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 Fairbanks Morse (model 38D81/8X10, 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-222
	62k	*LSM-222* launching at Dravo Corporation, Wilmington, DE., 5 August 1944	USS LSM / LSMR Association
	65k	USS LSM-222 moored along side another LSM, date and location unknown. US National Archives Photo # USN 1045412, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
	50k	USS LSM-222 under way, date and location unknown. US National Archives Photo # USN 1045413, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
	58k	USS LSM-222, USS LSM-431, USS LSM-164 and *LCT-849* at Tientsin, China in September 1945 after bringing Marines from Okinawa for the surrender of North China.	Henry S. Kehrli FC3/c & RdM2/c USS LSM-431
	120k	USS LSM-222 inboard of USS LSM-433 while moored pierside, in China, 1945.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
	67k	USS LSM-31, USS LSM-187, USS LSM-186 and USS LSM-222 moored to a buoy, date and location unknown. Photo by ©Atlantic Fleet Sales Co., Norfolk, VA.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
	42k	USS LSM-222 discharging troops across the beach, date and location unknown. US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, issue dated February 1947.	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
Commercial Service
	54k	Ex-USS LSM-222 in service as the barge *Otsega* for Tidewater Barge Lines, in a tow entering John Day Dam on the Columbia River, 1972.	Photo by Ron Gray / Captain
	70k	Barge *Otsega* of the Tidewater Barge Lines, on the Columbia River, winter of 1978-1979.	Photo by Ron Gray / Captain
	81k	Ex -*LSM-222* in service as *SPUD BARGE NO. 3* for Tidewater Barge Lines, on the Columbia River, December 2002	Ron Gray / Captain
	78k	*SPUD BARGE NO. 3* of the Tidewater Barge Lines, on the Columbia River. Photo was taken in what is left of the ship's galley. Note the stove still in place and the sink on the deck. February 2003	Ron Gray / Captain
	71k	*SPUD BARGE NO. 3* of the Tidewater Barge Lines, on the Columbia River. Another view of what is left of the ship's galley. February 2003	Ron Gray / Captain
	62k	*SPUD BARGE NO. 3* of the Tidewater Barge Lines, on the Columbia River. Base for the port main engine. February 2003	Ron Gray / Captain

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Jones, Lewis T., USNR	1 September 1944 - January 1946
02	LTjg. Howell, Donald D., USNR	January 1946 - 17 June 1946
03	ENS. Hanna, Thomas W., USNR	17 June 1946 - September 1946
04	LT. Cardoz, Manuel, USN	September 1946 - 17 March 1947


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler

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