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USS LSM-71

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Foxtrot - Lima
NVFL

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,29 July 1944, at Brown Ship Building Co., Houston, TX.

Launched, 22 August 1944

Commissioned USS LSM-71, 15 September 1944, LTjg. James C. Steele USNR in command

During World War II USS LSM-71 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LSM Flotilla Six, CDR. A. R. Quinn USN;
LSM Group Seventeen, LCDR. C. H. Johnson, USNR;
LSM Division Thirty-Three and participated in the following campaign:

Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
Iwo Jima operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 8 to 26 April 1945

Following World War II USS LSM-71 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 2 September 1945 to 12 August 1946

Decommissioned, 23 September 1946 at NOB Subic Bay, P.I.

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

USS LSM-71 earned one battle star for World War II service

Final Disposition, sold, 4 September 1947, to Luzon Stevedoring & Co., Philippines, 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
72k	USS LSM-284, USS LSM-71 and USS LSM-290 at anchor off Iwo Jima awaiting orders to proceed to Japan, 20 August 1945.	Darl Dewitt to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
84k	USS LSM-71 (center) USS LSM-284, (lower right), USS LSM-290 (far left background), and USS LSM-365 (far right background) at anchor off Iwo Jima awaiting orders to proceed to Japan, 20 August 1945.	Col. Roderick Hicks to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
144k	USS LSM-71 under way, date and location unknown. Note the large number of LCTs in the background of which only *LCT-1248* is distinguishable at the left margin. Photo by Ivan VanMeter	Jack LaPeer

Commanding Officers
01	LTjg. Steele, James C., USNR	15 September 1944 - 11 November 1945
02	LTjg. Borley, Robert W., USNR	11 November 1945 - 18 February 1946
03	LTjg. Crowe, John N., USNR	18 February 1946 - 8 April 1946
04	LTjg. Slaughter, Clarence W., USNR	8 April 1946 - 9 May 1946
05	ENS. Wallace, James William, USN (USNA 1946)	9 May 1946 - 23 September 1946


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler

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

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