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USS LSM-45 |
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103k | USS LSM-45 in the Philippines, date unknown.. | Photo Courtesy Jim Tusing LSM-372, Editor "Alligator Alley" The Newsletter of the USS LSM - LSMR Association | ||
80k | USS LSM-45 beached at Cebu, P.I., 1945. | USS LSM / LSMR Association | ||
141k | USS LSM-45 and USS LSM-91 moored pierside in the Philippines, date and location unknown. | Brian Miller | ||
50k | USS LSM-45 under way, circa 1946, location unknown. Photo by ©Atlantic Fleet Sales Co. |
Brian Kirchhoff Freedom Park |
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64k | USS LSM-45 under way in San Francisco Bay, circa 1945-46.
US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 79847. Courtesy D.H. McPherson. |
Brian Kirchhoff Freedom Park | ||
HS Ipopliarkhos Grigoropoulos (L-161) |
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68k | Ex USS LSM-45 in Greek service as HS Ipopliarkhos Grigoropoulos (L-161) | LSM/LSMR Association Web Site | ||
49k | HS Ipopliarkhos Grigoropoulos (L-161) underway, circa 1967, location unknown. | Robert Hurst | ||
340k | Greek amphibious ships moored at the Salamis Naval Base, Greece, 31 August 1979. From left to right: Ex-USS LSM-399 - HS Ipopliarkhos Roussen (L-164) Ex-USS LSM-45 - HS Ipopliarkhos Grigoropoulos (L-161) Ex-USS LSM-102 - HS Ipopliarchos Toyrnas (L-162) Ex-USS Potter County (LST-1086) - HS Ikaria (L-154) Ex-USS Page County (LST-1076) - HS Kriti (L-171) Ex-USS Boone County (LST-389) - HS Lesbos (L-172) Ex-USS Bowman County (LST-391) - HS Rodos (L-157) Ex-USS LST-325 - HS Syros (L-144) Defense Imagery Photo # VIRIN: DN-SC-82-00333 by PHC C. Pedrick USN. |
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LSM / LSMR Association |
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25k | Ex-LSM-45 on the Mississippi River, on her way to Freedom Park, Omaha, NE. photo caption reads " At 0945 Greenwich Mean Time, Wednesday, 5 August 1998, all mooring lines from the IPOPLIARKHOS GRIGOROPOULOS (L 161), former USS LSM-45, cast off from the dock at the Hellenic Naval Base, Skaramanga, Greece, and the ship came under the full control of the USS LSM-LSMR ASS'n. She was then made ready for the long trip to Freedom Park, Omaha, Nebraska, USA, where it will represent the Amphibious Ships of World War II." | LSM/LSMR Association Web Site | ||
66k | Ex-LSM-45 at Freedom Park, Omaha, NE. circa 2003. | Daniel Flanigan | ||
140k | Preservation efforts aboard Ex-LSM-45 at Freedom Park, Omaha, NE. circa early-April 2004. 1-Stern view before mast removal 2-Bow view painted only where volunteers could reach with rollers 3-Ships propellers on the shoreline where they had been placed in 1999 4-Placing screws in fabricated stands in the well-deck 5-Unstepping the mast for storage on the well-deck 6-Placing mast on the well-deck in a fabricated cradle |
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66k | Ex-LSM-45 at Freedom Park, Omaha, NE. circa 2003. | Daniel Flanigan | ||
44k | Ex-LSM-45 moored pierside at US Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, N.C., August 2006. Note the mast has been removed and placed in the well deck. | James Tusing |
Commanding Officers | ||
01 | LT. Freight, Charles Donald, USNR | 31 July 1944 - 21 November 1945 |
02 | LTjg. Mates, John Delbert, USNR | 21 November 1945 - 28 December 1945 |
03 | LTjg. Conley, Delbert Turner, USN | 28 December 1945 - April 1946 |
04 | ENS. Bradshaw, William L., USNR | April 1946 - August 1946 |
05 | ENS. Hull, Cecil Hale, USN (USNA 1946) | August 1946 - 27 March 1947 |
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