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76k | USS LSM-103 under way during maneuvers in the Chesapeake Bay, circa 1944-45. Practice landings were made in Maryland with aircraft providing close air support. This photo was taken prior to the ship being outfitted with dual 40mm AA guns. USS LSM-103 was initially employed as a LSM training platform on the East Coast prior to being loaded with 2 14" and one 16" rifle barrels and sent to Pearl Harbor. | Photo - Bill McGill to the USS LSM / LSMR Association Caption - Bob Plew SM3/c USS LSM-103 |
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206k | USS LSM-103 beached at Mindanao in 1945 after the end of hostilities. Photo by Louis L. Hall, 124th Infantry Regiment, 31st Infantry Division, US Army | Paul Webber | ||
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409k | Left to Right: USS LSM-253, USS LSM-499, USS LSM-122, Unknown LSM, USS LSM-103, beached at Matsuyama, Skikokyu, Japan, 18 October 1945 | Paul Barrett for his father LTjg. Richard L Barrett, USNR USS LSM-499 | |
68k | USS LSM-103 drydocked at Alameda, CA., July 1946. | Frank Locke to the USS LSM / LSMR Association |
Commanding Officers | |||
01 | LT. Lay, Samuel Houston, USNR | 12 November 1944 - December 1945 | |
02 | LTjg. Todd, Hoyt H., USNR | December 1945 - June 1946 | |
03 | LTjg. Harris, Robert P., USNR | June 1946 - September 1946 | |
04 | ENS. Baldwin, Lawrence Cloyd, USN (USNA 1946) | September 1946 - 18 December 1946 |
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