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USS LSM-32

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Charlie - Kilo
NVCK

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)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal - Philippine Liberation Medal (1)

LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:

Laid down, 14 May 1944, at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston TX.

Launched, 6 June 1944

Commissioned USS LSM-32, 8 July 1944, LT. Robert B. Youngblood USNR in command

During World War II USS LSM-32 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:

At Okinawa LSM Flotilla Three, CDR. W. F. Morrison USN (35);
LSM Group Nine, LCDR. J. A. Moss USN (29);
LSM Division Seventeen and participated in the following campaigns:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Luzon operation Lingayen Gulf landings, 9 January 1945	Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto and Ie Shima, 1 April to 7 May 1945

Decommissioned, 28 December 1945 at Terminal Island, San Pedro, CA.

Struck from the Naval Register, 21 January 1946

USS LSM-32 earned two battle stars for World War II service

Sold, 11 February 1948, to Charles Weaver & Co., Detroit, MI., for conversion to a barge, Official Number (259793); sold to Tidewater Barge Lines, Vancouver, WA., renamed Onondaga, used to transport wheat, currently in use as a tie-off barge

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

landing, 5' 3"

fully loaded, 6' 4" forward, 8' 3" aft

Speed 12.5 kts. (max.), (928 tons displacement)

Endurance 4,900 miles @ 12kts.(928 tons displacement)

Complement

5 officers

54 enlisted

Armament

one twin bow mounted 40mm AA gun mount

six single 20mm gun mounts

Vehicle/Boat Capacity 5 medium or 3 heavy tanks, or 6 LVT's, or 9 DUKW's

Troop Accommodations

2 officers

46 enlisted

Armor 10-lb. STS splinter shield to gun mounts, pilot house and conning station

Fuel Capacity Diesel 1,225 Bbls

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.
two Diesel-drive 20Kw 120V D.C.

twin propellers 2,800shp

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
74k	USS LSM-32 depicted under way in a photo of a painting by George Thompson LSM-32. Includes Specifications and Ports of Call.	George Thompson LSM-32 Courtesy Jim Tusing LSM-372, Editor "Alligator Alley" The Newsletter of the USS LSM - LSMR Association
94k	USS LSM-32 and *LCI(L)-992* entering *ABSD-6* at Guam, date unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
64k	ex USS LSM-32 now in use by Tidewater Barge Lines as a tie off barge on the Columbia River, February 2003.	Photo by Ron Gray, Captain
35k		Photo by Ron Gray, Captain
62k	ex USS LSM-32, after almost 50 years of use her side number is still visible, March 2003.	Photo by Ron Gray, Captain

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Youngblood, Robert B., USNR	8 July 1944 - 28 December 1945


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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