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USS LSM-466

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - 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, 20 January 1945, at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston TX.

Launched, 10 February 1945

Commissioned USS LSM-466, 15 March 1945, LT. James A. Potter III USNR in command

During World War II USS LSM-466 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LSM Flotilla Eleven
LSM Group Thirty-Three;
LSM Division Sixty-Six

Following World War II USS LSM-466 was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following period:

Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
23 September 1945 to 26 February 1946	23 September 1945 to 26 February 1946

Decommissioned, 30 July 1947, at NOB Guam, Marianas Islands

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

Final Disposition, transferred October 1947 to unknown foreign country, 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
111k	commissioning of USS LSM-466 at Galveston TX., 15 March 1945	Scott Ekberg for his father Norman W. Ekberg EM/3c USS LSM-466
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71k	USS LSM-466, in right background, and USS LSM-468 in foreground. Also in the photo is an unidentified APD. Photo was taken off Naval Station Treasure Island, in San Francisco Bay. The San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge is in the background, 25-31 May 1945.	Photo No. 006, Hugh L. Hudson, Jr., RM/2c, USS LSM-467, Collection.
605k	USS LSM-466 and USS LSM-462 off-loading equipment at Kure Air Station, Japan, 16 October 1945. Photo by Norman W. Ekberg EM3 USS LSM-466	Photo Courtesy Jim Tusing USS LSM-372, Editor "Alligator Alley" The Newsletter of the USS LSM/LSMR Association
47k	USS LSM-466 moored pierside on the Whangpoo River, Shanghai, China, 31 January 1946.	Bruce Daubert to the USS LSM/LSMR Association

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Potter III, James A., USNR	15 March 1945

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

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Action Report - Landing of Occupation Forces, Nagasaki Japan, September 1945

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