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USS LSM-136

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Kilo - Lima
NVKL

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 (2) - World War II Victory Medal
Bottom Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippine Presidential Unit Citation - Philippine Liberation Medal (1)

LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:

Laid down, 16 March 1944, at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C.

Launched, 19 April 1944

Commissioned USS LSM-136, 30 May 1944, LT. John C Stange USNR in command

During World War II USS LSM-136 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Leyte operation Leyte, landings, 20 October 1944	Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 April to 17 June 1945

For the Okinawa Campaign USS LSM-136 was assigned to:
LSM Flotilla Three, CDR. W. F Morrison USN (35);
LSM Group Eight, LCDR. J. G. Blanche USN (25);
LSM Division Sixteen

Following World War II USS LSM-136 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal
20 September to 3 October 1945
18 October to 4 December 1945

Decommissioned, 26 April 1946, at San Diego, CA.

Struck from the Naval Register, 5 June 1946

USS LSM-136 earned two battle stars for World War II service

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, November 1946, to National Metal & Steel Corp., Terminal Island, San Pedro, CA.

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
431k	USS LSM-136 sponsor plaque now on display at the Los Angeles Maritime Museum. Photo courtesy Ms. Marifrances Trivelli, Museum Director.	Ron MacKay, Jr., Historian, USS LSM-LSMR Association
74k	USS LSM-136 launching at point of pivot, US Navy Yard, Charleston, S. C., 19 April 1944. US Navy Yard Charleston photo # 855-44.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
145k	USS LSM-136, USS LSM-57 and USS LSM-31 probably approaching the beach at Okinawa, circa 1 April to 17 June 1945	Hyperwar US Navy in World War II

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Stange, John C., USNR	30 May 1944 - October 1945
02	LT. Hamilton, Kenneth M., USNR	October 1945 - March 1946
03	LTjg. Bauer, Warren A., USNR	March 1946 - 26 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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