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USS LSM-57

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Echo - Juliet
NVEJ

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 Medal (with Asia Clasp) - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation Medal (1)

USS LSM-57 was transferred to South Korea, renamed ROKS LSM-657

LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:

Laid down, 30 June 1944, at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, TX.

Launched, 21 July 1944

Commissioned USS LSM-57, 18 August 1944, LT. Leland Barrett Jr. USNR in command

During World War II USS LSM-57 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
Manila Bay-Bicol operation Mariveles-Corregidor, 14 to 28 February 1945	Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 April to 17 May 1945

For the Okinawa operation USS LSM-57 was under the command of:
LSM Flotilla Six, CDR. A. R. Quinn, USN
LSM Group Sixteen, LCDR. J. T. Brugger Jr. USNR;
LSM Division Thirty-Six

Following World War II USS LSM-57 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 10 October to 3 December 1945

Decommissioned, 8 July 1946

Laid up in the Reserve Fleet

Loaned under terms of the Security Assistance Program to South Korea in May 1958

Struck from the Naval Register, 15 November 1974

USS LSM-57 earned two battle stars for World War II service

Sold outright, to South Korea, 15 November 1974

Redesignated by South Korean Navy as LSM-657, circa 1980-1981

Current status, 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

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
	57k	USS LSM-57 underway, date and location unknown. Photo by ©Atlantic Fleet Sales Co., Norfolk, VA.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
	41k	USS LSM-57 in San Francisco Bay,1946 US Navy photo # NH 81018 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, courtesy D.H. McPherson, 1974	Fred S. Lee, LTjg USS LSM-57 to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
	146k	USS LSM-136, USS LSM-57 and USS LSM-31 probably approaching the beach at Okinawa, circa 1 April to 17 June 1945	Hyperwar US Navy in World War II
	81k	USS LSM-57 oil painting by Capt. Leland Barrett, Jr. USN. On the beach at Leyte, P.I. (1979)	Fred S. Lee, LTjg USS LSM-57
	76k	USS LSM-57 underway, date and location unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
101405704	263k	USS LSM-57 crew photo while beached, 19 November 1945, at Marcus Island. Harold Swearingen is kneeling second from left in front row beside the Jeep Photo by Walter Max Fabert USS LSM-57	Fred S. Lee, LTjg USS LSM-57 for Bob Crossen USS LSM-57 and John H. Swearingen for his father Harold R. Swearingen MoMM2, USN LSM-57
101405705	62k	USSLSM-57 crew photo, while beached, 19 November 1945, at Marcus Island. Photo by Walter Max Fabert USS LSM-57	Fred S. Lee, LTjg USS LSM-57 for Charles Daley USS LSM-57
101405709	166k	USS LSM-57 beached, 19 November 1945, at Marcus Island.	John H. Swearingen for his father Harold R. Swearingen MoMM2, USN LSM-57
101405710	123k	USS LSM-57 beached, 19 November 1945, at Marcus Island.
101405711	228k	USS LSM-57 beached, 19 November 1945, at Marcus Island. Caption reads This is all but two of the Engineers." Hal Swearingen is standing 4th from left and appears to be holding a rifle.	John H. Swearingen for his father Harold R. Swearingen MoMM2, USN LSM-57
101405712	194k	USS LSM-57 beached, 19 November 1945, at Marcus Island. The caption written on the back of the photo reads: "The "Deck Apes" Notice Max (Fabert) holding up "Gizmo".	John H. Swearingen for his father Harold R. Swearingen MoMM2, USN LSM-57
101405713	280k	USS LSM-57 beached, 19 November 1945, at Marcus Island. The caption written on the back of the photo reads: "The "Ships Control".	John H. Swearingen for his father Harold R. Swearingen MoMM2, USN LSM-57

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Barrett Jr., Leland, USNR	18 August 1944 - December 1945
02	LTjg. Laughlin, Kenneth Wilds, USN	December 1945 - March 1946
03	LTjg. Vigness, David M., USNR	March 1946 - June 1946
04	ENS. Bailey, Donald E., USNR	June 1946 - 8 July 1946


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler

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

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