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USS LSM-115

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - India - Uniform
NVIU

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, 21 October 1944, at Brown Ship Building Co., Houston, TX.

Launched, 11 November 1844

Commissioned USS LSM-115, 2 December 1944, LT. Lewis J. Loveland USNR in command

During World War II USS LSM-115 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LSM Flotilla Nine, CDR. D. L. Francis USN (23);
LSM Group Twenty-Six, LCDR. T. A. Peacock USNR;
LSM Division Fifty-Two

Following World War II USS LSM-115 was assigned to Occupation Service in the Far East from 4 to 13 September 1945

Decommissioned, 19 June 1946, at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

Final Disposition, sold, 29 December 1946, to Charles Weaver & Co., Detroit, MI., converted 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

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
163k	USS LSM-115 conning tower "Super Mouse", date and location unknown.	Robert Morris, CO USS LSM-115
68k	USS LSM-115, USS LSM-432 and an unidentified destroyer moored pierside at southside pier one, Tsingtao, China, date unknown.	Robert Morris, CO USS LSM-115
110k	View of USS LSM-115's tank well deck, with crew unloading 55 gallon drums, date and location unknown.	Robert Morris, CO USS LSM-115
56k	USS LSM-115 crew manning 20mm gun mounts, date and location unknown.	Robert Morris, CO USS LSM-115
59k	Crossing the Equator initiation ceremony for USS LSM-115 crew, date unknown.	Robert Morris, CO USS LSM-115
55k	USS LSM-115 beached alongside USS LST-704, date and location unknown.	Robert Morris, CO USS LSM-115
63k	USS LSM-115 crew on the beach during R&R. What ever happened to "Hyde Park Beer"? Date and location unknown.	Robert Morris, CO USS LSM-115

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Loveland, Lewis J., USNR	2 December 1944 - December 1945
02	LTjg. Morris, Robert B., USNR	December 1945 - March 1946
03	ENS. Dunphy, John B., USNR	March 1946 - 19 June 1946


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler

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

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