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USS LSM-546

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal
Bottom Row - Korean Service Medal (3) - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)

USS LSM-546 was transferred to South Korea
LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:
  • Laid down, date unknown, at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston TX.
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Commissioned USS LSM-546, 18 January 1946, LT. Durward E. Baggett USNR in command
  • Decommissioned, 27 May 1946, at Green Cove Springs FL.
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Florida Group, Green Cove Springs
  • Recommissioned, 22 September 1950
  • During Korean War USS LSM-546 participated in the following campaigns:

    Korean War Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    U.N. Summer-Fall Offensive
    21 to 27 November 1951     		Korean Defense, Summer-Fall 1952
    7 May to 17 July 1952
    Second Korean Winter
    28 November to 4 December 1951
    19 February to 15 March 1952     		.

  • Decommissioned, 15 February 1955
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • USS LSM-546 earned three battle stars for Korean War service
  • Transferred on loan, 16 February 1955, under terms of the Security Assistance Program to South Korea
  • Sold outright to South Korea, 15 November 1974
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 15 November 1974
  • Struck from the South Korean Navy list in 1982
  • Final Disposition, scrapped, date 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
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    Floyd County 51k USS LSM-546 against the starboard side of USS LST-762 at Marine Beach, San Diego - Coronado Strand, 17 June 1951, after colliding with the beached LST. The collision opened a gash in the LSTs starboard side approximately five foot long at frame 22, at the juncture of the main deck. LCDR. William B. Marty USN CO USS LST-762
    LSM-546 63k USS LSM-546 off Coronado CA, circa 1952
    photo by Don Garner    		 Don Garner
    LSM-546 54k USS LSM-546 unloading a Sherman Tank at Shiogama, Japan, date unknown. Richard Jacobson,
    Photo Courtesy Jim Tusing LSM-372,
    Editor "Alligator Alley" The Newsletter
    of the USS LSM - LSMR Association
    LSM-546 55k USS LSM-546 underway, date and location unknown. Bill Brinkley and the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-546 82k USS LSM-546 underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo # USN 1106410    		 USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-546 112k USS LSM-546 underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo # USN 11045574    		 USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-546 169k KD2R drone target planes in the well-deck of USS LSM-546, date and location unknown. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-546 109k USS LSM-546 crewmen preparing KD2R drone target planes for flight, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo # USN 11045574    		 USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-546 235k USS LSM-546 crewmen preparing KD2R drone target planes for flight, date and location unknown. Each drone carried enough fuel for approximately 45 minutes of flight time. When their fuel was exhausted a parachute deployed to carry them back to the sea for recovery.
    US Navy photo    		 USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-546 223k A KD2R drone target plane one a catapult aboard USS LSM-546, date and location unknown. Drones were launched from the catapult at 60mph.
    US Navy photo    		 USS LSM / LSMR Association
    The history extract for USS LSM-546 is from LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1997. (ISBN 1-56311-389-9).
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Baggett, Durward E., USNR18 January 1946 - ?
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    USS LSM-LSMR Association
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