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USS LSM-235


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Delta - Juliet
 NVDJ
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 (2) - World War II Victory Medal
Bottom Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation Medal (1)
LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:
  • Laid down (date unknown) at Western Pipe and Steel Company, San Pedro, CA.
  • Launched (date unknown)
  • Commissioned USS LSM-235, 24 August 1944, LTjg. R.W. Isles USNR in command
  • During World War II USS LSM-235 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Luzon operation
    Lingayen Gulf landings, 9 January 1945     		Okinawa Gunto operation;
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 April to 17 June 1945

  • For the Okinawa Gunto campaign USS LSM-235 came under the command of:
    LSM Flotilla Three, CDR. W. F. Morrison USN (35);
     LSM Group Nine, LCDR. J. A. Moss USN (26);
     LSM Division Eighteen
  • Following World War II USS LSM-235 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 4 September to 25 November 1945
  • Decommissioned, 16 May 1946, at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • USS LSM-235 earned two battle stars for World War II service
  • Final Disposition, donated, 17 February 1948, to Port of Newport Authority, Newport, OR., 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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    LCM-235 73k USS LSM-235 under way, date and location unknown. Ron Hines to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    The history extract for USS LSM-235 is from LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1997. (ISBN 1-56311-389-9).
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Isle, Raymond Whitfield, USNR24 August 1944 - 24 March 1945
    02LT. Weed, Sydney Robert, USNR 24 March 1945 - 9 November 1945
    03LT. Adair, Robert G., USNR9 November 1945 - 10 January 1946
    04LTjg. Jackolski, John V., USNR10 Janury 1946 - 16 May 1946
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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