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USS LSM-251

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Echo - Oscar
NVEO

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal

LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium: Laid down, 23 August 1944, at Western Pipe and Steel Company, San Pedro, CA.

Launched 15 October 1944

Commissioned USS LSM-251, 31 December 1944, LT. Randall M. Snow USNR in command

During World War II USS LSM-251 was assigned the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LSM Flotilla Twelve, LCDR. A. F. Dineen USN (22);
LSM Group Thirty-Five, LCDR. W. K. Bradbury USNR;
LSM Division Sixty-Nine

Following World War II USS LSM-251 was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
30 September to 29 November 1945	30 September to 29 November 1945

Decommissioned, 22 May 1947, at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

Donated, 17 February 1948, to Port of Newport Authority, Newport, OR., eventually sold to Humble Oil & Refining Co., and converted to a barge

Final Disposition, sunk, 25 November 1961 off Government Point, CA.

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
48k	*LSM-251* moored outboard of *LSM-391* pierside at Tientsin, China, October 1945.	Photo Courtesy Jim Tusing LSM-372, Editor "Alligator Alley" The Newsletter of the USS LSM - LSMR Association
73	*LSM-251* moored outboard of *LSM-391* and forward of *LSM-279* and an unidentified LSM at Tientsin, China, October 1945.	Richard Schatz MoMM3/c USS LSM-279 to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
69k	*LSM-251* under way off San Diego, CA., date unknown, a Ted Stone photo.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
51k	*LSM-251* moored in a nest of eight LSMs, date and place unknown. US Navy photo # USN 1046163.	USS LSM / LSMR Association

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Snow, Randall M., USNR	31 December 1944 - September 1945
02	LTjg. Hoppers, James E., USNR	September 1945 - March 1946
03	LTjg. Harris, J. W., USNR	March 1946 - June 1946
04	LT. Cullen Jr., Matthew Arthur, USN (USNA 1944)	June 1946 - 22 May 1947


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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