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USS LSM-312


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Juliet - Kilo
 NVJK
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, 11 March 1944, at Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing Company, Chicago, IL.
  • Launched, 17 May 1944
  • Commissioned USS LSM-312, 17 June 1944, LT. Jay Borden USNR in command
  • During World War II USS LSM-312 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the following campaigns:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Luzon operation
    Lingayen Gulf landing, 9 January 1945     		Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 to 25 April 1945

  • For the Okinawa Gunto operation USS LSM-312 came under the command of:
    LSM Flotilla Three, CDR. W. F. Morrison USN (35);
     LSM Group Nine, LCDR. J. A. Moss USN (26);
     LSM Division Eighteen
  • Following World War II USS LSM-312 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 4 September to 28 November 1945
  • Decommissioned, 29 May 1946, at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • USS LSM-312 earned two battle star for World War II service
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 26 January 1948, to Crowley Launch & Tugboat Co., San Francisco, 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
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    LSM-312 65k USS LSM-312 beached, date and location unknown. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-154 117k USS LSM-154, USS LSM-312 and USS LSM-25, beached at Saipan, Marianas Islands to take on supplies, date unknown. Dan Kovalchik in honor of his father, SK2 John "Tiny" Kovalchik USS LSM-154
    The history extract for USS LSM-312 is from LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1997. (ISBN 1-56311-389-9).
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Borden, Jay, A. USNR17 June 1944 - November 1945
    02LT. Medin, Carl D., USNRNovember 1945 - Macrh 1946
    03LTjg. Scholler, Eugene J., USNRMarch 1946 - 29 May 1946
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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