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USS LSM-357


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Mike - Whiskey
 NVMW
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:
  • Laid down, 11 November 1944, at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, TX.
  • Launched, 2 December 1944
  • Commissioned USS LSM-357, 29 December 1944, LT. John C. Sellers USNR in command
  • During World War II USS LSM-357 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LSM Flotilla Twelve, LCDR. A. F. Dineen USN (22);
     LSM Group Thirty-Five, LCDR. W. K. Bradbury USNR;
     LSM Division Seventy
  • Following World War II USS LSM-357 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 20 September to 16 December 1945
  • Decommissioned, 10 August 1946
  • Laid up in the Reserve Fleet
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Sold, November 1958, to Commercial Metals, Co., Dallas, TX.
  • Final Disposition, 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 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
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    LSM-357 127k USS LSM-357 beached, date and location unknown. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-357/341/116 49k USS LSM-357, USS LSM-341 and USS LSM-116 beached while performing occupation duty in Japan, date unknown. Photo by H. E. Freeman PhM/1c, USS LSM-116
    Now in the collection of Robert C. Lozmack, BM/2c, USS LSM-116 and USS LSM-467
    LSM-120 44k Distinguishable in this multiple ship view are USS LSM-120, USS LSM-357, USS LSM-453 and USS LSM-358, date and location unknown. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-357 133k USS LSM-357 beached at Wakayama, Japan, 25 September 1945.
    US Army Signal Corps. photo # SC 213317    		 USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-357 63k USS LSM-357 coming alongside USS LSM-41, date and location unknown. Al McColley to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    The history extract for USS LSM-357 is from LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1997. (ISBN 1-56311-389-9).
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Sellers, John C., USNR29 December 1944 - ?
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    USS LSM-LSMR Association
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