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USS LSM-177

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - November - Papa
NVNP

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 (1)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia Clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal

LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:

Laid down, 20 July 1944, at Charleston Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C.

Launched, 12 August 1944

Commissioned USS LSM-177, 30 September 1944, LTjg. Robert H. Gettys USNR in command

During WWII USS LSM-177 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LSM Flotilla Eight, CDR. H. Doe USN (23);
LSM Group Twenty-Two, LCDR. N.E. Fryer Jr. USN (38);
LSM Division Forty-Three and participated in the following campaign:

Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 to 3 April 1945

Following World War II USS LSM-177 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 11 to 30 September 1945

Decommissioned, 3 May 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

USS LSM-177 earned one battle star for World War II service

Final Disposition, sold, 29 October 1947, to Platzer Boat Works, Houston, 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 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

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
54k	*LSM-177* at Charleston Navy Yard after being launched, 12 August 1944. US Navy Yard Charleston photo.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
48k	USS LSM-177 at Saipan, date unknown.	Photo from the collection of Robert C. Lozmack, BM2, LSM-116 and LSM-467
53k	USS LSM-177 in a small floating drydock (AFD-type) of *Service Squadron Ten* at a Pacific base, circa early 1945. US National Archives photo # 80-G-K-5501.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
84k	USS LSM-177 beached at Legaspi, southern Luzon, P.I. Mount Mayon, 2,421 ft. looms in the background. Photo was taken from USS LSM-132, date unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
316k	USS LSM-137 at Cebu, P.I., 30 August 1945. In the background are; USSLSM-256, USS LSM-107, USS LSM-177, USS LSM-212, USS LSM-83, USS LSM-82, USS LSM-134, USS LSM-4, and USS LSM-17, Photo was taken from USS LSM-186	Photo by Ken Roberts Engineering Officer USS LSM-186

Commanding Officers
01	LTjg. Gettys, Robert H., USNR	30 September 1944 - December 1945
02	LTjg. Fox, Richard M., USNR	December 1945 - February 1946
03	LTjg. Wilson, D.C., USNR	February 1946 - 3 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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