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USS LSM-273


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Golf - Hotel
 NVGH
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:
  • Laid down, 19 July 1944, at Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newark, N.J.
  • Launched, 26 August 1944
  • Commissioned USS LSM-273, 19 September 1944, LTjg. Marvin Rea Davis USNR in command
  • During World War II USS LSM-273 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LSM Flotilla One, LCDR. H. B. Taliaferro USN (28);
     LSM Group Three, LCDR. A. K. Ridgway, USNR;
     LSM Division Six
  • Decommissioned, 25 September 1947
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, sold 1 March 1948, to Crowley Launch & Tugboat Co., San Francisco, CA,, for conversion 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
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    LSM-273 74k USS LSM-273 off loading trucks, date and location unknown. The ship in the background may be USS LSM-429 Photo Courtesy Jim Tusing USS LSM-372,
    Editor "Alligator Alley" The Newsletter
    of the USS LSM - LSMR Association
    LSM-95 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
    LSM-273 87k USS LSM-273 nested with other LSMs at Apra Harbor, Guam, circa November 1945. Photo Courtesy Jim Tusing USS LSM-372,
    Editor "Alligator Alley" The Newsletter
    of the USS LSM - LSMR Association
    LSM-273 166k USS LSM-273 in dry dock, date and location unknown. Photo Courtesy Jim Tusing USS LSM-372,
    Editor "Alligator Alley" The Newsletter
    of the USS LSM - LSMR Association
    LSM-273 55k USS LSM-273 nested with other ships including USS Union (AKA-106), date and location unknown.
    US National Archives photo # USN 1046145, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-273 68k USS LSM-273 under way, date and location unknown.
    A Ted Stone photo.    		 USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-273 86k USS LSM-273 unknown crew member, date and location unnamed. Photo Courtesy Jim Tusing USS LSM-372,
    Editor "Alligator Alley" The Newsletter
    of the USS LSM - LSMR Association
    LSM-273 91k Still in the after steering compartment of USS LSM-273. Photo Courtesy Jim Tusing USS LSM-372,
    Editor "Alligator Alley" The Newsletter
    of the USS LSM - LSMR Association
    The history extract for USS LSM-273 is from LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1997. (ISBN 1-56311-389-9).
    Commanding Officers
    01LTjg. Davis, Marvin Rea, USNR19 September 1944 - 29 September 1944
    02LTjg. Meredith, Owen R., USNR29 September 1944 - 13 October 1944
    03LT. Lincoln, John B., USNR13 October 1944 - October 1944
    04LTjg. Wiswell Edward Benjamin, USNROctober1944 - 19 December 1944
    05LTjg. Magner, John Francis, USNR19 December 1944 - February 1945
    06LTjg. Wiswell III, Edward Benjamin, USNRFebruary 1945 - February 1945
    07LTjg. Magner, John Francis, USNRFebruary 1945 - 16 August 1945
    08LTjg. Wiswell III, Edward Benjamin, USNR16 August 1945 - 5 September 1945
    09LTjg. Magner, John Francis, USNR5 September 1945 - November 1945
    10LT. Wiswell III, Edward Benjamin, USNRNovember 1945 - March 1946
    11LTjg. Mourning, Donald McVeigh, USNRMarch 1946 - June 1946
    12LT. Maroun, Marvin A., USNRJune 1946 - 1947
    13LTjg. Schwegman, Beloyed John, USN1947 - 25 September 1947
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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