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USS LSM-268

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Foxtrot - Xray
NVFX

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal
Bottom Row - National Defense Service Medal - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation Medal (2)

USS LSM-268 was transferred to the Republic of Korea and named ROKS Yeo Do (LSM-602)

LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:

Laid down, 17 May 1944, at Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newark, N.J.

Launched,17 July 1944

Commissioned USS LSM-268, 10 August 1944, LT. Nathan Steinberg USNR in command

During WWII USS LSM-268 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Consolidation and capture of the Southern Philippines Palawan Islands landings, 28 February to 1 March 1945	Manila Bay-Bicol operations Zambales-Subic Bay 29 to 31 January 1945

Decommissioned, 13 July 1946

Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet

Recommissioned, 27 July 1950

Decommissioned, 16 February 1955 and transferred, under the terms of the Security Assistance Program, the same day to South Korea and redesignated ROKS LSM-652

Named ROKS Yeo Do (LSM-602), circa 1968

Struck from the Naval Register, 15 November 1974

USS LSM-268 earned two battle stars for World War II service

Disposed of by South Korean Navy in 1982, 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-268
	83k	USS LSM-268 outboard of USS LSM-269 while moored pierside at Navy Yard, New York, 22 August 1944. US Navy Yard New York photo # F644C7595.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
	88k	USS LSM-268 outboard of USS LSM-269 while moored pierside at Navy Yard, New York, 22 August 1944. US Navy Yard New York photo # F644C7596.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
	88k	USS LSM-268 outboard of USS LSM-269 while moored pierside at Navy Yard, New York, circa 22 August 1944. US Navy Yard New York photo.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
	61k	USS LSM-268 heading for the beach at Lingayen Gulf in February 1945. US Navy photo # NH 200499 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
	1055k	USS LSM-268 USS LSM-203 and a third LSM crew members watch as Japanese prisoners of war carrying all that is left of their personal belongings are formed into columns and marched to the train that will take them to Bilibio prison in Manila, Luzon, P.I. These are part of the prisoners from the Japanese disguised hospital ship Tachibana Maru. US Army Signal Corps photos SC 392654, by Lickerman.	Dave Kerr
	49k	USS LSM-268 in San Francisco Bay, returning from service in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater. Note: "Homeward Bound" Pennant flying from her mast, 1945-46. US Navy photo # NH 82177 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, courtesy D.M. McPherson, 1975.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
	83k	USS LSM-268 under way, passing buoy 11, at San Diego, 27 May 1954. Photo by Oather Morper.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
	75k	USS LSM-268 under way, date and location unknown.	Tommy Trampp
	132k	USS LSM-268 under way, date and location unknown. US National Archives Photo # USN 1046151 a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.	Tommy Trampp
ROKS Yeo Do (LSM-602)
	72k	Ex-*LSM-268* in Republic of Korea service as *ROKS Teo Do* (LSM-602)** beaching at Pohang, South Korea during joint amphibious exercises with the US Navy, circa 14 to 18 December 1976	Ronald R. MacKay, Jr.
	129k	*ROKS Yeo Do* (LSM-602)** underway, date and location unknown.	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
	36k	*ROKS Yeo Do* (LSM-602)** moored, date and location unknown.	Robert Hurst

Commanding Officers
01	LT/LCDR. Steinberg, Nathan, USNR	10 August 1944 - November 1945
02	LT. Fransen, Theodore M., USNR	November 1945 - March 1946
03	LTjg. Closter Jr., George F., USNR	March 1946 - June 1946
04	ENS. Simon, Wilbur T., USNR	June 1946 - 13 July 1946
	Decommissioned	13 July 1946 - 27 July 1950


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler

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