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USS LSM-130

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Juliet - Zulu
NVJZ

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

LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:

Laid down, 1 March 1944, at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C.

Launched, 12 April 1944

Commissioned USS LSM-130, 20 May 1944, LTjg. Lowell R. Mapes USNR in command

During World War II USS LSM-130 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Consolidation and capture of Southern Philippines Mindanao Island landings, 10 March, 17 to 23 April and 5 May 1945	Borneo operation Balikpapan operation, 26 June to 6 July 1945

Following World War II USS LSM-130 was assigned to Occupation Service in the Far East from 20 to 23 September 1945

Decommissioned, 31 May 1946, at San Diego, CA.

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

USS LSM-130 earned two battle stars for World War II service

Final Disposition, sold, November 1946, to National Metal & Steel Corp., Terminal Island, San Pedro, CA., 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
71k	USS LSM-130 beached in the Philippines, date and location unknown. Sailors in photo are unidentified.	Carol Schleker for her father Charles Otto Schleker LSM-130
90k
61k	USS LSM-130 and USS LSM-37 beached in the Philippines, date and location unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
79k	USS LSM-119 beached, date and location unknown. Note USS LSM-130 in the background she is under way preparing to either land on the beach or has just retracted from the beach. (See below photo).	USS LSM / LSMR Association
55k	USS LSM-130 and *LSM-119* beached, date and location unknown.	James Van Raken to the USS LSM / LSMR Association

Commanding Officers
01	LTjg. Mapes, Lowell Robert, USNR	20 May 1944 - March 1945
02	LT. French, Leslie R., USNR	March 1945 - December 1945
03	LTjg. Malecki, Robert J., USNR	December 1945 - 31 May 1946


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler

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

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