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USS LSM-479

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-479 was transferred to France

LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:

Laid down, 3 February 1945, at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, TX.

Launched, 24 February 1945

Commissioned USS LSM-479, 3 April 1945, LT. Merle S. Burdick USNR in command

During World War II USS LSM-479 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LSM Flotilla Sixteen;
LSM Group Forty-Seven;
LSM Division Ninety-Four;

Following World War II USS LSM-479 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal
11 to 25 September 1945
6 October 1945 to 7 February 1946

Decommissioned, 19 December 1946

Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group

Transferred to France, 1 April 1954

Returned to US Naval custody, 14 October 1956, at Naval Station Subic Bay, P.I.

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

Final Disposition, sold, December 1958, Fleet Storage Corp., New York, NY, 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

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
USS LSM-479
	71k	USS LSM-479 commissioning ceremony, 3 April 1945, Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, TX. Officers from left to right; unknown Cdr., Lt. Merle S. Burdick CO, LTjg. Willis E. Bucttner, Ens John C. Mairhuber, Ens Thedore J. Kotonias, Ens Harry L Brundage	USS LSM / LSMR Association
	91k	USS LSM-479 commissioning ceremony, 3 April 1945, Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, TX.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
	64k	USS LSM-479 moored pierside, Naval Station Treasure Island, San Francisco, CA., date unknown.	Roy Lee to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
	67k	USS LSM-479 moored to a buoy with two other LSMs in San Pablo Bay, CA., date unknown.	Roy Lee to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
	58k	USS LSM-479 under way, 20 May 1946, location unknown.	Roy Lee to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
French Naval Service
	74k	Ex-USS LSM-479 and ex-USS LSM-17 after being turned over to France, under way off San Diego, CA. circa April 1954. Photos by Ted Stone	USS LSM / LSMR Association
	85k		USS LSM / LSMR Association

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Burdick, Merle S., USNR	3 April 1945 - ?

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

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