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USS LSM-471

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
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal

USS LSM-471 was transferred to France and later to the Republic of China, named ROCS Mei-Ping (LSM-353)

LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:

Laid down, 27 January 1945, at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston TX.

Launched, 17 February 1945

Commissioned USS LSM-471, 23 March 1945, LT. Richard G. Creadick USNR in command

During World War II LSM-471 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LSM Flotilla Fifteen;
LSM Group Forty-Four;
LSM Division Eighty-Nine;

Following World War II USS LSM-471 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 28 September to 4 November 1945

Decommissioned, 13 May 1946, at Astoria, OR.

Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group, Astoria;

Transferred, 7 May 1954, to France

Returned to US Navy custody, 15 November 1956, to be transferred to Taiwan where she was named ROCS Mei Ping (LSM-353)

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

Rebuilt by Taiwan in 1969/73 and redesignated LSM-659 in 1978/79

ROCS Mei-Ping decommissioned, 1 June 2005, at Kaohsiung Harbour, Taiwan

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 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
USS LSM-471
	45k	USS LSM-471 officers at commissioning ceremony, 23 March 1945, at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston TX. The officer on the extreme left is the Bureau of Ships representative, CDR. McMasters, next to him is the commanding officer LT. Richard G. Creadick, USNR and ENS. Milton Shaw, ENS. E.J. Reilly, ENS. W.J. Culley and LTjg. M.C. Poquette.	Richard Remley in honor of his father Harris T. Remley S1/c USS LSM-471
	130k	USS LSM-471 Commissioning ceremony, 23 March 1945, at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston TX.	Richard Remley in honor of his father Harris T. Remley S1/c USS LSM-471
	67k	USS LSM-471 crew list at commissioning, 23 March 1945.	Richard Remley in honor of his father Harris T. Remley S1/c USS LSM-471
	44k	USS LSM-471 under way in a convoy approaching Guam, July 1945.	Richard Remley in honor of his father Harris T. Remley S1/c USS LSM-471
	44k	USS LSM-471 beached at Leyte Island, Philippines in September 1945.	Richard Remley in honor of his father Harris T. Remley S1/c USS LSM-471
	49k	USS LSM-471, USS LSM-10 and USS LCI(L)-797 beached at Leyte Island, Philippine Islands in September 1945.	Richard Remley in honor of his father Harris T. Remley S1/c USS LSM-471
	58k	USS LSM-471 crew working on the well deck while at Leyte in September 1945.	Richard Remley in honor of his father Harris T. Remley S1/c USS LSM-471
	130k	USS LSM-471 crew members shooting hoops on the well deck while underway, circa 1945.	Richard Remley in honor of his father Harris T. Remley S1/c USS LSM-471
	48k	USS LSM-471 leaving Manila Bay, near Corregidor, enroute to Japan, circa 24 September 1945.	Ralph E. Robinson USS LSM-34
	66k	USS LSM-471 beached at Yokohama, October 1945.	Richard Remley in honor of his father Harris T. Remley S1/c USS LSM-471
	53k	USS LSM-471 beached at Sendai Japan in 1945.	Richard Remley in honor of his father Harris T. Remley S1/c USS LSM-471
	47k	USS LSM-471 underway in San Francisco Bay, 1945-46. US Navy photo # NH 83279 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, courtesy D.M. McPherson, 1975.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
	67k	USS LSM-471 moored pierside, date and location unknown.	Samuel Morison to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
	75k	USS LSM-471 conning tower. Note the ships nickname "Can Do Maru" painted on the conning tower, date and place unknown.	Richard Remley in honor of his father Harris T. Remley S1/c USS LSM-471
101447129	372k	Decommissioned USS LSM-471, USS LSM-473, along with minewseepers *USS Compel* (AM-162) and USS Concise (AM-163**) moored at the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Swan Island, Portland, OR., 3 February 1946	Dave Schroeder and John Chiquoine
ROCS Mei-Ping (LSM-353)
	16k	ex USS LSM-471 in the Republic of China service as *ROCS Mei-Ping* (LSM-353)**, moored, date and place unknown.	Chinese Warship Museum Submitted by Karl E. Lemmerman
	31k	*ROCS Mei-Ping* (LSM-353)** underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo.	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Creadick, Richard G., USNR	19 March 1945 - ?

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Crew Photos Submitted by Richard Remley in honor of his father Harris T. Remley S1/c USS LSM-471

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