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USS LSM-83

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Golf - India
NVGI

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 (1)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal

LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:

Laid down, 22 August 1944, at Brown Ship Building Co., Houston, TX.

Launched, 15 September 1944

Commissioned USS LSM-83, 8 October 1944, ENS. Albert F. Christener USN in command

During World War II USS LSM-83 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LSM Flotilla Nine, CDR. D. L. Francis, USN (23);
LSM Group Twenty-Five, LCDR. L. Brouwer, USN;
LSM Division Forty-Nine and participated in the following campaign:

Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 26 March to 30 June 1945

Following World War II USS LSM-83 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal
11 to 24 September 1945
7 October to 24 November 1945

Decommissioned, 22 March 1946, at Norfolk, VA.

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

USS LSM-83 earned one battle star for World War II service

Sold, 10 November 1947, to Capitol Salvage & Sales Co., Edgewater, N.J. for commercial service

Final Disposition, scrapped in 1961

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

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
65k	USS LSM-83 under way, date and location unknown.	Ken Roberts to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
316k	USS LSM-137 at Cebu, P.I., to transport the US Army Americal Division to Yokohama, Japan 30 August 1945. In the background are; USS LSM-256, USS LSM-107, USS LSM-177, USS LSM-212, USS LSM-83, USS LSM-82, USS LSM-134, USS LSM-4, and USS LSM-17, Photo was taken from USS LSM-186	Photo by Ken Roberts Engineering Officer USS LSM-186
51k	USS LSM-83 moored to port of USS LST-53 at Kerama Rhetto, circa late-May early-June 1945. Off the starboard side of the LST is the hulk of the decommissioned *USS Barry* (APD-29) and the fleet ocean tug USS Lipan (ATF-85). Barry was used as a decoy ship to lure suicide planes into burned out ships. Lipan**'s job was to tow her.	Ken Roberts Engineering Officer USS LSM-186

Commanding Officers
01	ENS. Christener, Albert F., USN	8 October 1944 - December 1945
02	LTjg. Johnson, Van H., USNR	December 1945 - 22 March 1946


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
USS LSM-LSMR Association

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