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USS LSM-15

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Bravo - Charlie
NVBC

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal
Bottom Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippine Liberation Medal (1)

LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:

Laid down, 10 April 1944, at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, TX.

Launched, 7 May 1944

Commissioned USS LSM-15, 2 June 1944, LTjg. Parker N. Davies, USNR in command

During WWII USS LSM-15 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Luzon operation Lingayen Gulf landing, 9 January 1945	Okinawa Gunto operation; Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 26 March to 7 May 1945

Following World War II USS LSM-15 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal
2 4 September 1945
24 September to 9 October 1945

Sunk, 9 October 1945, during typhoon "Louise" in the channel entrance to Buckner Bay

Struck from the Naval Register, 24 October 1945

USS LSM-15 earned two battle stars for World War II service

Hulk donated to the Government of the Ryukyu Islands, 10 July 1957

Final Disposition, raised in 1957 and scuttled off shore in deep water

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
	63k	USS LSM-15 beached at Okinawa, circa early-April 1945.		Don Nolde USS LSM-15 to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
	92k	USS LSM-134 flanked by USS LSM-220 and USS LSM-24 off her starboard side and *LSM-15* off her port side, on the invasion beaches at Okinawa, circa early-April 1945. US Navy photo		John Finch LSM-26 Courtesy Jim Tusing LSM-372, Editor "Alligator Alley" The Newsletter of the USS LSM - LSMR Association

Commanding Officers
01	LTjg. Davies, Parker N., USNR	2 June 1944 - September 1945
02	LT. Burdette, Charles W., USNR	September 1945 - 9 October 1945


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler

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

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