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USS LSM-152


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Lima - Romeo
 NVLR
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, 15 May 1944, at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C.
  • Launched, 3 June 1944
  • Commissioned USS LSM-152, 22 July 1944, LT. Delmar E. Blevins USN in command
  • During World War II USS LSM-152 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LSM Flotilla One, LCDR. H. B. Taliaferro USN (28);
     LSM Group Three, LCDR. A. K. Ridgway, USNR;
     LSM Division Five
  • Following World War II USS LSM-152 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East for the following periods:

    Navy Occupation Service Medal
    20 to 23 September 1945
    18 October to 29 November 1945

  • Decommissioned, 17 May 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Sold, 2 December 1947, to Georgia Marine Salvage Co., Inc., Brunswick, GA.
  • Final Disposition, 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 General Motors (model GM 16-278A, 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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    For Full Size Image    		 Size Image Description Contributed
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    LSM-152 55k Broadside view of USS LSM-152 on the Cooper River, off the Charleston Navy Yard, 25 July 1944.
    Navy Yard Charleston S.C. photo # 1960-44    		 Bob Hall
    LSM-152 114k USS LSM-152 on the Cooper River, off the Charleston Navy Yard, 25 July 1944.
    US Navy photo    		 Bob Hall
    LSM-152 82k USS LSM-152 on the Cooper River, off the Charleston Navy Yard, July 1944.
    US Navy photo    		 Bob Hall
    LSM-152 77k USS LSM-152 under way off US Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C., summer 1944.US Navy photo. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-152 44k USS LSM-152 under way, date and location unknown. Photo Courtesy Jim Tusing LSM-372,
    Editor "Alligator Alley" The Newsletter of the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-152 87k USS LSM-152 under way, date and location unknown. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-152 61k USS LSM-152 under way, date and location unknown. In the far background is USS LSM-353. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-154 209k LSMs from left to right:
    USS LSM-154,
    USS LSM-159,
    USS LSM-331,
    USS LSM-333,
    USS LSM-152, and
    USS LSM-280,
    beached at Senami, Honshu Island, Japan, circa late-1945 early-1946.    		 USS LSM / LSMR Association
    The history extract for USS LSM-152 is from LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1997. (ISBN 1-56311-389-9).
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Blevins, Delmar Edge USN22 July 1944 - 9 December 1945
    02LTjg. Beckmeyer, Henry E., USNR9 December 1945 - March 1946
    03ENS. Allen, Richard L., USNRMarch 1946 - 17 May 1946
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    USS LSM-LSMR Association
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