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Asiatic-Pacific Campaign |
Campaign and Dates |
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Iwo Jima operation
Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, 19 February to 16 March 1945 |
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78k | USS LSM-201 underway in the Chesapeake Bay during her shakedown cruise, 1 May 1944. US Navy photo # NH 228620 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
USS LSM / LSMR Association | ||
191k | Overhead views of USS LSM-201 underway in the Chesapeake Bay during her shakedown cruise in May 1944. US Navy photos from "Allied Landing Craft of World War Two", published by Arms and Armour Press. |
Robert Hurst | ||
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80k | USS LSM-201 underway off Cape Hatteras during her shakedown cruise, 8 May 1944. US Navy photo # NH 228634 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
USS LSM / LSMR Association | ||
77k | USS LSM-201 approaching the beach, during her shakedown cruise, 8 May 1944. US Navy photo # NH 228629 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
USS LSM / LSMR Association | ||
97k | USS LSM-201 underway in Chesapeake Bay, 9 May 1944. US Navy photo # NH 228633 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
USS LSM / LSMR Association | ||
54k | USS LSM-201 underway in the Chesapeake Bay during her shakedown cruise in May 1944. US Navy photo # NH 228491 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
USS LSM / LSMR Association | ||
120k | USS LSM-201 overhead view while underway in Chesapeake Bay in May 1944. US Navy photo. |
USS LSM / LSMR Association | ||
66k | USS LSM-201 beaching in the Chesapeake Bay, 30 April 1944. US Navy photo # NH 228497 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
USS LSM / LSMR Association | ||
53k | USS LSM-201 beached in the Chesapeake Bay, 30 April 1944. US Navy photo # NH 228498 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
USS LSM / LSMR Association | ||
60k | USS LSM-201 beached in the Chesapeake Bay, date unknown. | Bill Brinkley and the USS LSM / LSMR Association | ||
73k | USS LSM-201 beached with bow doors open in the Chesapeake Bay, 30 April 1944. US Navy photo # NH 228493 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
USS LSM / LSMR Association | ||
56k | USS LSM-201 beached with bow doors open while lowering ramp in the Chesapeake Bay, 30 April 1944. US Navy photo # NH 228495 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
USS LSM / LSMR Association | ||
104k | USS LSM-201 underway in the Chesapeake Bay, 30 April 1944 with seven light tanks, two medium tanks, and fifty Army troops. US Navy photo # NH 228496 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
USS LSM / LSMR Association | ||
74k | USS LSM-201 beached while off loading a medium tank across the beach at ATB Camp Bradford, VA., 11 May 1944. US Navy photo |
Wes Stone, Lusby, MD. -"In memory of the men of the USNATB, Solomons, MD." | ||
85k | USS LSM-201 beached while off loading a light tank across the beach in the Chesapeake Bay, 30 April 1944. US Navy photo # NH 228494 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
USS LSM / LSMR Association | ||
85k | USS LSM-201 along with three other LSMs behind a smoke screen preparing for a mock amphibious landing at ATB Camp Bradford, VA., 11 May 1944. US Navy photo # NH 228492 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center. |
USS LSM / LSMR Association | ||
105k | USS LSM-201 behind a smoke screen while preparing for a mock amphibious landing at ATB Camp Bradford, VA., 11 May 1944. Note the number of officers observing. This was probably an exercise for the benefit of Army-Navy Staff College students at Camp Bradford. US Navy photo. |
USS LSM / LSMR Association | ||
161k | USS LSM-201 beached while off loading tanks and other vehicles during a mock amphibious landing at ATB Camp Bradford, VA., 11 May 1944. Note the number of officers observing. This was probably an exercise for the benefit of Army-Navy Staff College students at Camp Bradford. US Navy photo. |
USS LSM / LSMR Association | ||
114k | Aerial view of Little Creek Amphibious Base, 1 August 1944. Ships that can be identified are:
USS LSM-256, USS LSM-201, USS LSM-2, USS LSM-127, USS LSM-203, USS LSM-16, USS LSM-126, USS LSM-134 and USS LSM-144. The two LSTs are unidentified. US Navy photo. |
USS LSM / LSMR Association | ||
142k | Marines unload supplies from USS LSM-201 and USS LST-807, and other amphibious warships beached at Iwo Jima on D-Day, 15 February 1945. US National Archives photo # NWDNS-26-G-4098. |
USS LSM / LSMR Association | ||
39k | USS LSM-141, USS LSM-201 and USS LSM-264 beached at Iwo Jima, after the beach was secured. | Paul Burket USS LSM-341 and John Finch USS LSM-26 Courtesy Jim Tusing USS LSM-372, Editor "Alligator Alley" The Newsletter of the USS LSM - LSMR Association |
Commanding Officers | ||
01 | ENS. Buchinsky, Albert J., USNR | 14 April 1944 - September 1945 |
03 | LTjg. Thomason, John L., USNR | September 1945 - 3 December 1945 |
04 | LTjg. Hugghins, John A., USNR | 3 December 1945 - March 1946 |
05 | LTjg. Waugh, Douglas V., USNR | March 1946 - 16 May 1946 |
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