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USS LSM-477

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

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

USS LSM-477 was transferred to Australia, and named Brudenell White (AV-1354)

LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:

Laid down, 10 February 1945, at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, TX.

Launched, 3 March 1945

Commissioned USS LSM-477, 3 April 1945, LT. Charles R. Miller Jr. USNR in command

During World War II USS LSM-477 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LSM Flotilla Sixteen;
LSM Group Forty-Seven;
LSM Division Ninety-Three;

Following World War II USS LSM-477 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 28 September to 27 November 1945

Decommissioned, 15 May 1946, at Astoria, OR.

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

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

Transferred, sold, to Australia, 16 July 1959, named Brudenell White (AV-1354) and assigned to the Australian Army Royal Engineers, 32 Small Ship Squadron

Brudenell White (AV-1354) served in Vietnam from 1965 to 1971.

She was one of the four Australian Army LSMs in Vietnam. They were on station in support of Australian ground troops around Bien Hoa, Nui Dat and Vung Tau etc. When not required they were designated to US Army for duty anywhere from the Mekong Delta to Danang.

Deactivated by Australian Army and sold in 1972

Sold to Pacific Logistics of Panama

Final Disposition, reported sunk in 1975 on her maiden voyage to Phnom Penh, Cambodia by rocket fire on the Mekong River.

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-477
	50k	USS LSM-240 and USS LSM-477 beached, date and location unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
	59k	USS LSM-477 beached, date and location unknown.	Richard Remley in honor of his father Harris T. Remley S1/c USS LSM-471
Brudenell White (AV-1354)
	44k	*Namesake* General Sir Cyril Brudenell Bingham White, KCB, KCMG, KCVO, DSO. An Australian Army Officer who served as Chief of the General Staff from 1920 to 1923 and again from March to August 1940, when he was killed in the Canberra air disaster.	Tommy Trampp
	256k	Ex-USS LSM-477 in Australian service as Brudenell White (AV-1354), underway, date and location unknown.	Tommy Trampp
	79k	Brudenell White (AV-1354) underway, date and location unknown.	Peter Bayliss
	96k	Brudenell White (AV-1354) arriving at Sydney, 31 December 1959.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
	57k	Brudenell White (AV-1354) off-loading a vehicle to a pontoon near Bundaberg, Queensland, Australia during the 1960s. The 50' tug *The Luke* is alongside.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
	92k	Brudenell White (AV-1354) embarking a DUKW from the water, circa 1960.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
	27k	Brudenell White (AV-1354) Papua, New Guinea, Sept. 1964.	Peter Bayliss
	56k	Brudenell White (AV-1354) crew members Sergeant Kevin Hedges and Bombardier James Barnes at their battle stations in October 1970. Photo from the collections of the Australian War Museum.	Jim Tusing
Merchant Service
	43k	Ex-Brudenell White (AV-1354) in merchant service, 1975	Peter Bayliss