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USS LSM-34

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Charlie - Oscar
NVCO

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive)
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (4) - World War II Victory Medal
Third Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippine Liberation Medal (2)

LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:

Laid down, 14 May 1944, at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston,

Launched, 6 June 1944

Commissioned USS LSM-34, 13 July 1944, LT. Howard J. Hicks USNR in command

During World War II USS LSM-34 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Leyte operation Leyte landings, 13 October and 29 November 1944 Ormoc Bay landing, 7 to 8 December 1944	Manila Bay-Bicol operations; Mariveles-Corregidor, 14 to 28 February 1945
Luzon operation Mindoro Landings, 12 to 18 December 1944 Lingayen Gulf landings, 16 to 18 January 1945	Consolidation and capture of the southern Philippines; Mindanao Island landings, 10 March 1945, 17 to 23 April 1945, and 10 to 16 May 1945

Following World War II USS LSM-34 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 28 September to 20 October 1945

Decommissioned in 1946 at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C.

Struck from the Naval Register, 5 June 1946

USS LSM-34 earned four battle stars for World War II service

Final Disposition, sold, 2 December 1947, to Georgia Marine Salvage Co., Inc., Brunswick, GA. for conversion to a barge, 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

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
	66k	USS LSM-34 landing troops in the Philippines, date and location unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
	44k	USS LSM-34 beached in the Philippines, date and location unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
	3864k	USS LSM-258, *LSM-34* and probably USS LSM-311 unloading troops and equipment during the landing at White Beach, Leyte, 20 October 1944. *LSM-34* operated with *LSM Group Four* as a replacement for the invasion of Leyte. Arrived Manus Island 2 October 1944 to replace USS LSM-10. *LSM-34* carried about 100 tons of rolling stock, 107 army engineers, and two navy photographers. The first vehicle off was a bulldozer that carried a 3000 pound landing mat. The landing mat was not helpful and actually had to be abandoned to allow vehicles off the ship. Three vehicles drowned out and had to be towed ashore by the bulldozer (visible in this photograph). By 1119 all vehicles were ashore. The two Navy photographers came aboard at Manus and were disembarked at white beach two and took still and movies of all activities of interest from the time of departure until being put ashore at white beach two. The LCVP in the foreground belongs to *USS Arneb* (AKA-56)**.	Brian Miller also Contributed in the name of Purl Allan Ferrier, S1/c, SV-6 USNR, USS LSM-87 by Vicki Purl Ferrier-Taylor
	114k	USS LSM-34 landing trucks, probably in the Philippines, date unknown.	Bill Gonyo
	1662k	USS LSM-34 approaching a landing area to off-load troops and equipment, probably in the Philippines, date and location unknown.	Dave Kerr
101403408	335k	A Dodge 3/4 ton, 4x4 WC-51 "Weapons Carrier" utility truck plows through the surf as it decends down the ramp of USS LSM-34 at Leyte in December 1944. "Leyte by Carl Mydans 1944-12" Life Magazine. TimeLife_Image_115926285 For personal non-commercial use only.[	David Upton
	113k	USS LSM-34 crew on the beach at Mindoro, date unknown.	Ralph E. Robinson USS LSM-34
101420504	276k	USS LSM-205 and USS LSM-34 beach at Mindanao, Philippine Islands, 17 April 1945. H-Hour of "R" Day for the landing of the 24th Division, at Parang, Green Beach, Mindanao. The pre-naval bombardments had completely destroyed all the houses on the beach, and no enemy troops remained. US National Archives Identifier 204950572, Local ID 342-FH-3A30663-64174AC, U.S. Army Air Corps 64174AC.	David Upton
	77k	USS LSM-169, *LSM-34, USS LSM-319* and USS LSM-315 as well as two unidentified LSMs alongside and unidentified tender or repair ship at Subic Bay, P.I., date unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
	65k	USS LSM-34 at Guam, December 1945, she is on her way stateside. Note the homeward bound pennant. Also of note are the symbols on the conning tower representing the two Japanese planes *LSM-34* was officially credited with shooting down.	Ralph E. Robinson USS LSM-34