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USS LSM-257

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Foxtrot - Alpha
NVFA

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

LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:

Laid down, 23 March 1944, at Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newark, N.J.

Launched, 12 May 1944

Commissioned USS LSM-257, 30 May 1944, LTjg. Edward C. Nuter USNR in command

During WWII USS LSM-257 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
Leyte operation Leyte landings, 13 October to 29 November 1944 Ormoc Bay landings, 7 to 8 December 1944	Borneo operation; Balikpapan operation, 26 June to 6 July 1945
Consolidation of the Southern Philippines; Mindanao Island landings, 10 March 1945, and 17 to 23 April 1945

Following World War II USS LSM-257 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 7 October to 1 December 1945

Decommissioned, 7 May 1946, at San Diego, CA.

Struck from the Naval Register, 5 June 1946

USS LSM-257 earned three battle stars for World War II service

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping in November 1946, to National Metal & Steel Corp., Terminal Island, CA.

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
101425702	153k	USS LSM-257 under way, 8 July 1944 off the United States Alantic coast. US National Archives photo # 80-G-239222, a US Navy photo taken by an Airship Patrol Squadron ZP-24 airship based at Weeksville, North Carolina.	Rick Davis
	171k	USS LSM-257 beached at Ormoc Bay, P.I., 7 December 1944	Submitted by Adrain K. 'for educational purposes' Source-"Pictorial History of Australia at War 39-45", 5 Volumes. 1959
	98k	USS LSM-257 and *LSM-21* beached while off loading equipment, date and location unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association

Commanding Officers
01	LTjg. Nufer, Edward Charles, USNR	30 May 1944 - 15 October 1945
02	LTjg. Whitcomb, Leslie Julius, USN	15 October 1945 - 7 February 1946
03	LTjg. Henderson, Robert Harold, USNR	7 February 1946 - 7 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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