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Asiatic-Pacific Campaign |
Campaign and Dates |
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Okinawa Gunto operation
Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 28 March to 18 June 1945 |
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84k | USS LSM(R)-196 underway for acceptance trials, off Charleston, S.C., 15 December 1944. a US Navy Yard Charleston, S.C. photo now in the collections of the US National Archives. |
National Association of USS LCS(L) 1-130 |
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65k | USS LSM(R)-196 underway during acceptance trials off Charleston, S.C., 15 December 1944. US Navy Yard Charleston photo |
USS LSM / LSMR Association | ||
59k | USS LSM(R)-196 underway during acceptance trials off Charleston, S.C., 15 December 1944. Bow View. US Navy Yard Charleston photo # 3632-44 |
USS LSM / LSMR Association | ||
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USS LSM(R)-197,
USS LSM(R)-196,
USS LSM(R)-198 and
USS LSM(R)-199 conducting a rocket attack, 26 March 1945, ont the town of Aka at Aka-Jima, Kerama Islands, Okinawa, Japan.
Frame from a short film called "Invasion of Aka Jima--Rocket Fire, Landings". U.S. National Archives and Records Administration, Identifier 78137; Local Identifier 428-NPC-7538; NAIL Control Number NWDNM(m)-428-NPC-7538 |
David Upton | |
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117k | USS LSM(R)-196 and USS LSM(R)-197 firing rockets, 26 March 1945, off the town of Aka, Aka-Jima,
Kerama Islands, Okinawa, Japan.
Frame from a short film called "Invasion of Aka Jamia--Rocket Fire, Landings". National Archives National Archives Identifier 78137; Local Identifier 428-NPC-7538; NAIL Control Number NWDNM(m)-428-NPC-7538 |
David Upton | |
80k | USS LSM(R)-196 underway passing an unidentified LSM port to port off Charleston, S.C., 15 December 1944. | USS LSM / LSMR Association | ||
92k | USS LSM(R)-196 underway off Charleston, 16 December 1944. LSM(R)-196 had a simplified battery of 85 gravity-fed Mk 51 rocket launchers firing spin-stabilized rockets with a maximum range of 10,000 yds. The launch rail could elevate between 30 and 45 degrees. each launcher could accommodate 12 rockets. Photo and text from "U.S. Amphibious Ships and Craft: An Illustrated Design History" by Norman Friedman |
Robert Hurst | ||
85k | USS LSM(R)-196 crew members Joe Clapaftisi S1/c, at left, (note the "regulation" shoes) and Patrick Curtain RM3/c at right, loading rockets at Aka Shima, Ryukyu Islands, 31 March 1945. US Navy photo # 313661 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
USS LSM / LSMR Association | ||
73k | USS LSM(R)-196 LSM(R)-198 and USS LSM(R)-199 firing rockets off Tokishi Shima, March 1945 US Navy photo # N-26605. |
USS LSM / LSMR Association | ||
92k | USS LSM(R)-196, USS LSM(R)-188 and USS LSM(R)-189's rockets set fires on Tokishi Shima, March 1945 US Navy BuAer photo # 311757. |
USS LSM / LSMR Association | ||
67k | USS LSM(R)-196 firing rockets off Tokishi Shima, March 1945 US Navy photo # USN 474951. |
USS LSM / LSMR Association | ||
50k | USS LSM(R)-196 firing rockets during the Okinawa campaign, date and location unknown. | USS LSM / LSMR Association | ||
15k | USS LSM(R)-196 and LSM(R)-198 firing rockets at night, date and location unknown. | Paul Burket LSM-341 | ||
152k | USS LSM(R)-196 crew members Bradly, Talboys and GM1 Staum prepare a rocket for firing, date and location unknown. GM1 Staum was killed by a shore battery attack on the ship, 1 April 1945.(See attached unofficial diary log of Lester Goff) He was probably buried at sea the next day according to Lester Goff. | Lester Goff for his grandfather Lester Goff, LSM(R)-186 | ||
24k | USS LSM(R)-196 underway, date and location unknown. | Paul Burket LSM-341 | ||
103k | Seven LSM(R)s comprising Groups 53 and 54 arriving home at the Port of Los Angeles, 8 October 1945, after the conclusion of World War II. Identifiable in this photo in the second row of ships are, from outboard to inboard, USS LSM(R)-199, USS LSM(R)-188 and USS LSM(R)-196. A Los Angeles Herald Express photo. | Jana Teehan |
Commanding Officers | ||
01 | LT. O'Callaghan, Dennis D., USNR | 12 December 1944 - September 1945 |
02 | LT. MacWilliams, Robert W., USNR | September 1945 - December 1945 |
03 | LTjg. Shedd, Jack P., USNR | December 1945 - 26 March 1946 |
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