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USS LSM-76

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Foxtrot - Uniform
NVFU

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

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

USS LSM-76 was transferred to the Republic of China (Taiwan)

LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:

Laid down, 5 August 1944, at Brown Ship Building Co., Houston, TX.

Launched, 30 August

Commissioned USS LSM-76, 23 September 1944, LTjg. Paul Sweedler USNR in command

During World War II USS LSM-76 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 Campaigns
Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 9 April to 3 June 1945

Following World War II USS LSM-76 was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
14 September 1945 to 26 May 1946	27 May to 17 June 1946

Decommissioned, struck from the Naval Register, and transferred to Nationalist China, 17 June 1946

USS LSM-76 earned one battle star for World War II service

Escaped, to Taiwan in October 1949

Commissioned in May 1952 into the Taiwanese Navy, renumbered LSM-349

Final Disposition, scrapped in 1957

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
	56k	USS LSM-76 moored, date and location unknown.		Stephen Messerlan to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
	107k	USS LSM-76 and USS LSM-77 moored, date and location unknown.		USS LSM / LSMR Association

Commanding Officers
01	LTjg. Sweedler, Paul, USNR	23 September 1944 - September 1945
02	LTjg. Espey Jr., Julius T., USNR	September 1945 - March 1946
03	LTjg. Reinberger, William C., USNR	March 1946 - 16 April 1946
04	ENS. Novotny, Joseph F., USNR	16 April 1946 - 17 June 1946


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler

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

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