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USS Pearl River (LSMR-516)
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 USS LSM(R)-516 (1945 - 1955)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
LSM(R)-501 Class Landing Ship Medium (Rocket):
  • Laid down, 21 April 1945, at Brown Ship Building Co, Houston, TX.
  • Launched, 19 May 1945
  • Commissioned USS LSM(R)-516, 20 July 1945, LT Clifford E. Baxter, USN in command
  • During World War II USS LSM(R)-516 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LSM(R) Flotilla Eighteen, CAPT. C. F. Macklin USN
     LSM(R) Group Forty-Four
     LSM(R) Division One Hundred Seven
  • Decommissioned, 23 April 1948, at Green Cove Springs, FL.
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Florida Group, Green Cove Springs
  • Named USS Pearl River LSM(R)-516, 1 October 1955
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 October 1958
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping in 1961
    LSM(R) Specifications:
    Displacement 758 t.(light), 993 t. (attack) 1,175 t. (fully loaded)
    Length 206' 3"
    Beam 34' 6"
    Draft light, 5' 4" (mean), attack 6' 9" (mean), fully loaded 7' 9" (mean)
    Speed 13 kts.
    Complement 6 officers, 137 enlisted
    Armament
    one single 5"/38 dual purpose gun mount
    two twin 40mm AA gun mounts
    four twin 20mm AA gun mounts
    ten twin continuous loading 5" SS rocket launchers
    four 4.2" mortars
    Armor 10-lb. STS on conning station, pilot-house, radio room, radar plot, and rocket control, 10-lb. ASPP around 40 and 20mm gun mounts and directors
    Endurance 3,000 miles @ 13kts
    Propulsion
    two General Motors 16-278A (non-reversing with airflex clutch) Diesel engines, direct drive with 1,440 BHP each @ 720rpm
    Ship's Service Generators
     four Diesel-drive 100Kw 450V A.C.
     two Diesel-drive 20Kw 120V D.C.
    twin screws 2,800 shp
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    Pearl River 68k USS LSM(R)-516 moored on the Mississippi i River delta at St Louis, MO., Navy Day, 27 October 1945. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    Pearl River 108k USS LSM(R)-516 moored on the Mississippi i River delta at St Louis, MO., Navy Day, 27 October 1945, looking down from the bridge to the main deck filled with visitors. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LST-264
    1016026403    		 511k USS LSM(R)-516 and USS LST-264 tied up at the levee at St. Louis, MO., Tuesday 23 October 1945, for a Navy Day open house. Mel Bashore for his father LTjg. Lee T. Bashore USS LST-264
    USS LSM(R)-516 / Pearl River (LSMR-516)
    Dictionary of American Navy Fighting Ships (DANFS)
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    USS LSM-LSMR Association
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