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USS LSM-65

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Echo - Zulu
NVEZ

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 (4)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation Medal (2)

LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:

Laid down, 14 July 1944, at Brown Ship Building Co., Houston TX.

Launched, 5 August 1944

Commissioned USS LSM-65, 3 September 1944, LT. Leonard D. Stephens USN in command

During World War II USS LSM-65 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
Luzon operation Lingayen Gulf landings, 9 January 1945	Consolidation and capture of the southern Philippines Palawan Islands landings, 28 February to 1 March 1945 Visayan Island landings, 18 to 19 March, and 26 March to 1 April 1945
Manila Bay - Bicol operations Zambales-Subic Bay Operation, 31 January 1945	Borneo operation Brunei Bay operation, 10 to 14 June 1945

Decommissioned, 8 April 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

Sold, 14 August 1947, to Sturgeon Bay Shipbuilding & Drydock Co., Sturgeon Bay, WI.

USS LSM-65 earned four battle stars for World War II service

Final Disposition, 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

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
38k	USS LSM-65, USS LSM-54 and USS LCI(L)-963 preparing to beach at Nasugbu, Luzon, P.I., 31 January 1945. US National Archives photo # 80-G-K-3153 a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
296k	USS LSM-65 and USS LSM-53 beached at Mindoro, P.I. circa February 1945. Photo courtesy Rene J. Fournier USS LSM-54	Hugh Hudson
45k	USS LSM-65 and USS LSM-364, at San Diego, circa January-February 1946.	Photo by Gene Brunman USS LSM-125

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Stephens, Leonard D., USNR	3 September 1944 - 29 July 1945
02	LT. Horman, Sidney L., USNR	29 July 1945 - 6 November 1945
03	LTjg. McGary, Malcolm C., USNR	6 November 1945 - 8 April 1946


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler

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

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