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USS LSM-270

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Golf - Bravo
NVGB

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal

LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:

Laid down, 7 June 1944, at Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newark, N.J.

Launched, 25 July 1944

Commissioned USS LSM-270, 28 August 1944, ENS. Owen R. Meredith USNR in command

During WWII USS LSM-270 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LSM Flotilla Five, CDR. W. H. Carpenter USN (26);
LSM Group Fifteen, LCDR. A. H. Hall USNR;
LSM Division Thirty and participated in the following Campaign:

Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
Okinawa Gunto operations Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 April to 17 June 1945

Decommissioned, 14 June 1946, at Astoria OR.

Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group, Astoria

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

USS LSM-270 earned one battle star for World War II service

Final Disposition, sold, 9 May 1960, to Zidell Exploration Inc., Portland, OR., converted to a barge, 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
77k	USS LSM-270 moored pierside at Navy Yard, New York, 8 September 1944. US Navy Yard New York photo # F644C7611.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
85k	USS LSM-270 astern of USS LSM-271 while moored pierside at Navy Yard, New York, 8 September 1944. US Navy Yard New York photo # F644C7610.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
92k	USS LSM-270 aft of USS LSM-271 while moored pierside at Navy Yard, New York, 8 September 1944. US Navy Yard New York photo # F644C7606.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
72k	USS LSM-270 aft of USS LSM-271 while moored pierside at Navy Yard, New York, 8 September 1944. US Navy Yard New York photo # F644C7608.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
77k	USS LSM-270 beached at Okinawa, April 1945.	Frank Tomaino to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
66k	USS LSM-270 under way in San Francisco Bay, 1945-46. It appears as though she may be taking on a harbor pilot. US Navy photo # NH 79862 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, courtesy D.M. McPherson, 1974.	Frank Tomaino to the USS LSM / LSMR Association

Commanding Officers
01	ENS. Meredith, Owen R., USNR	28 August 1944 - 21 September 1944
02	ENS/LT. Flickinger, Glenn Williams, USNR	21 September 1944 - 14 June 1946


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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