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USS LSM-280


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Golf - Victor
 NVGV


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal

USS LSM-280 was transferred to the Republic of China (Taiwan)
LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:
  • Laid down, 8 September 1944, at Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newark, N.J.
  • Launched, 21 October 1944
  • Commissioned USS LSM-280, 6 November 1944, LTjg. Edward S. Hand USNR in command
  • During World War II USS LSM-280 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LSM Flotilla Eight, CDR. H. Doe USN (23);
     LSM Group Twenty-Four, LCDR. B. H. Lindman USNR;
     LSM Division Forty-Seven
  • Following World War II USS LSM-280 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 17 September 1945 to 28 March 1946
  • Decommissioned, 10 June 1946, at NOB Subic Bay, Philippines
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Sold, 13 February 1948, to the Republic of China
  • Final Disposition, 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 General Motors (model GM 16-278A, 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
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    LSM-280 45k USS LSM-280 beached, in the Philippine Islands, date and location unknown. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-154 209k LSMs from left to right:
    USS LSM-154,
    USS LSM-159,
    USS LSM-331,
    USS LSM-333,
    USS LSM-153, and
    USS LSM-280,
    beached at Senami, Honshu Island, Japan, circa late-1945 early-1946.    		 USS LSM / LSMR Association
    The history extract for USS LSM-280 is from LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1997. (ISBN 1-56311-389-9).
    Commanding Officers
    01LTjg/LT. Hand, Edward S., USNR6 November 1944 - December
    02LTjg. Andrews, Frank Clyde, USNDecember 1945 - March 1946
    03LTjg. Currie, Orin R., USNRMarch 1946 - May 1946
    04LTjg. Speidel, Robert A., USNRMay 1946 - 10 June 1946
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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