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USS LSM-33

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Charlie - Mike
NVCM

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

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

LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:

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

Launched, 6 June 1944

Commissioned USS LSM-33, 11 July 1944, LT. Gordon F. Rainey USNR in command

During World War II USS LSM-33 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
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 campaign:

Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 April to 28 May 1945

Following World War II USS LSM-33 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal
15 September to 16 October 1945
26 October to 3 December 1945

Decommissioned, 19 April 1946, at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C.

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

USS LSM-33 earned one battle star for World War II service

Final Disposition, sold, 29 December 1947, to Georgia Marine Salvage Co., Inc., Brunswick, GA., fate unknown

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

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
1016016602	5907k	From left to right; the bow of USS LSM-166, USS LSM-33, Unknown LST, USS LST-166 (next to an unknown LST), USS LST-787 off Okinawa. The pillars of smoke are from two Japanese planes shot down during and air attack on the Okinawa invasion fleet, circa April 1945. National Archives Identifier 205586498, Local Identifier 26-G-4438, US Coast Guard Photo # 4438 by US Coast Guard photographer Cepheus Martin.	David Upton
	53k	USS LSM-33 under way in a fleet anchorage area, date and location unknown.	Lewis Williams to the USS LSM / LSMR Association Ralph Donutalo to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
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Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Rainey, Gordon F., USNR	11 July 1944 - December 1945
02	LTjg. Scott, W. E., USNR	December 1945 - 19 April 1946


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler

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

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