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USS LSM-212

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Bravo - Papa
NVBP

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 Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal (1)

LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:

Laid down, 7 April 1944, at Dravo Corporation, Wilmington, DE.

Launched, 3 June 1944

Commissioned USS LSM-212, 5 July 1944, LT. William W. Gosling USNR in command

During WWII USS LSM-212 was assigned to Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LSM Flotilla Three, CDR. W. F Morrison USN (35);
LSM Group Eight, LCDR. J. G. Blanche USN (25);
LSM Division Sixteen 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-212 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 7 December 1945 to 7 February 1946

Decommissioned, 19 July 1946

Laid up in the Reserve Fleet

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

USS LSM-212 earned one battle star for World War II service

Sold in July 1959, to Hugo Neu Steel Products Corp., New York, N.Y. for conversion to a barge

Final Disposition, ran aground and broke up, 6 February 1963, off Molokai Island, HI.

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

landing, 5' 3"

fully loaded, 6' 4" forward, 8' 3" aft

Speed 12.5 kts. (max.), (928 tons displacement)

Endurance 4,900 miles @ 12kts.(928 tons displacement)

Complement

5 officers

54 enlisted

Armament

one twin bow mounted 40mm AA gun mount

six single 20mm gun mounts

Vehicle/Boat Capacity 5 medium or 3 heavy tanks, or 6 LVT's, or 9 DUKW's

Troop Accommodations

2 officers

46 enlisted

Armor 10-lb. STS splinter shield to gun mounts, pilot house and conning station

Fuel Capacity Diesel 1,225 Bbls

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.
two Diesel-drive 20Kw 120V D.C.

twin propellers 2,800shp

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
54k	*LSM-212* side launching at Dravo Corporation, Wilmington, DE., 3 June 1944.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
115k	from left to right USS LSM-273, USS LSM-95, USS LSM-175, USS LSM-212 and an unidentified LSM moored in a nest at Apra Harbor, Guam, 28 November 1945.	Don Belcher to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
911k	USS LSM-212 and an unidentified LSM probably off Okinawa, date unknown.	Photo by William Bohmert LSM-185
316k	USS LSM-137 at Cebu, P.I., to transport the Americal Division to Yokohama, Japan 30 August 1945. In the background are; USS LSM-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	LT. Gosling, William W., USNR	5 July 1944 - March 1946
02	LTjg. Magee, John J., USNR	March 1946 - 19 July 1946


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler

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