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USS LSM-106


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - India - Charlie
 NVIC
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 - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:
  • Laid down, 30 September 1944, at Brown Ship Building Co., Houston, TX.
  • Launched, 21 October 1944
  • Commissioned USS LSM-106, 17 November 1944, LTjg. Russell B. Hicks USNR in command
  • LSM-106 was assigned to the Asiatic Pacific Theater but saw no action during WWII:
    LSM Flotilla Eleven;
     LSM Group Thirty-One;
     LSM Division Sixty-One
  • Following World War II USS LSM-106 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East for the following periods:

    Navy Occupation Service Medal
    17 September 1945 to 3 October 1945
    15 October 1945 to 28 March 1946
  • Decommissioned, 10 February 1947
  • Laid up in the Reserve Fleet
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, sold, November 1958, to Commercial Metals Co., Dallas, TX., 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
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    LSM-106 78k USS LSM-106 enroute from Pearl Harbor to San Pedro, CA., June 1945. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-106 126k USS LSM-106 conducting an underway replenishment, date and place unknown. Ralph Donolrio USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-106 60k USS LSM-106 under way in San Francisco Bay, early July 1946.
    US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 79853. Courtesy D.M. McPherson, 1974.    		 Daniel H. Deaton, MOMM3/c USS LSM-106
    The history extract for USS LSM-106 is from LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1997. (ISBN 1-56311-389-9).
    Commanding Officers
    01LTjg. Hicks, Russell B., USNR17 November 1944 - November 1945
    02LTjg. Friebus, Robert F., USNRNovember 1945 - January 1946
    03LTjg. Reardon, Francis J., USNRJanuary 1946 - June 1946
    04LTjg. Janowitz, Saul H., USNRJune 1946 - November 1946
    05ENS. Looker, Robert, ENS USN (USNA 1946)November 1946 - 10 February 1947
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    USS LSM-LSMR Association
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