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USS LSM-145

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Lima - Delta
NVLD

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, 19 February 1945, Iwo Jima)
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal

LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:

Laid down, 24 April 1944, at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C.

Launched, 14 May 1944

Commissioned USS LSM-145, 12 June 1944, LT. Robert P. Palmer USNR in command

During WWII LSM-145 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LSM Flotilla Five, CDR. W. H. Carpenter USN (26);
LSM Group Fourteen, LCDR. A. E. Lind USNR;
LSM Division Twenty-Seven and participated in the following campaign:

Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
Iwo Jima operation Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, 16 February 16 March 1945

Decommissioned, 22 May 1946, at San Diego, CA.

Struck from the Naval Register, 5 June 1946

USS LSM-145 earned one battle star for World War II service

Final Disposition, sold, December 1946, to J. C. Berkwit & Co., New York, NY, converted to a barge, 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

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
	85k	*USS Shoshone* (AKA-65)** seen from astern, with USS LSM-145 alongside. Probably during the Iwo Jima landings in February 1945. US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 105032. Collection of Robert B. Campbell. Courtesy of his family, 2007.	US Naval History and Heritage Command
	128k	USS LSM-145, USS LSM-206 and USS LSM-145 dash for the beach at Iwo Jima on H-Hour, 19 February 1945. The LSMs were landing the 5th Marine Amphibious Corps. Note Mount Suribachi in the background. USMC photo	Tommy Trampp
101414504	197k	USS LSM-145 beached on Red Beach 1, Iwo Jima, D plus 11, 2 March 1945. US Navy photo COMBPHIBGTP 2 by Wallace Page	Dave Way, Historian / Artifact Collections, Pacific Battleship Center \| National Museum of the Surface Navy at the Battleship IOWA
	58k	USS LSM-46 and USS LSM-145 beached at Iwo Jima, circa February 1945.	Joe Helmstetter to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
	79k	USS LSM-145 underway, date and location unknown.	Ken Roberts USS LSM-186 to the USS LSM / LSMR Association

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Palmer, Robert P., USNR	12 June 1944 - September 1945
02	LTjg. Morrison, M. D., USNR	September 1945 - December 1945
03	LTjg. Kinsey, Eugene E., USNR	December 1945 - 22 May 1946


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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