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USS LSM-276

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Golf - November
NVGN

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

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

USS LSM-276 was transferred to South Vietnam and named RVNS Hau Giang (HQ-406) later acquired by North Vietnam

LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:

Laid down, 11 August 1944, at Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newark, N.J.

Launched, 20 September 1944

Commissioned USS LSM-276, 16 October 1944, LT. James E. Hemsworth USNR in command

During World War II LSM-276 was assigned to 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-276 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 2 September to 6 December 1945

Decommissioned, 21 September 1947

Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet

Transferred in March 1963, to South Vietnam and named RVNS Hau Giang (HQ-406)

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

Final Disposition, scuttled early May 1975, near Ben Tre Port, South Vietnam by South Vietnamese forces to prevent capture, raised, February 1977, by North Vietnam, refitted for service

Decommissioned by North Vietnam in late 1989 and discarded in 1990

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

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
USS LSM-276
	63k	USS LSM-276, USS LSM-482 and USS LSM-167 being moved together while coming alongside either a repair ship, or a pier, date and location unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
	73k	USS LSM-276, USS LSM-482 and USS LSM-167 alongside either a repair ship, or a pier, date and location unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
	101k	View of USS LSM-276's conning tower, date and location unknown. Note the painting on the conning tower of an outhouse on a raft.	Photo Courtesy Jim Tusing LSM-372, Editor "Alligator Alley" The Newsletter of the USS LSM - LSMR Association
	48k	USS LSM-276 and USS LSM-116 beached, at Wakayama, Japan, while performing occupation duty, September 1945.	US Navy photo by H. E. Freeman PhM/1c, LSM-116 now in the collection of Robert C. Lozmack, BM/2c, LSM-116 and LSM-467
	58k	USS LSM-276 under way in San Francisco Bay, 1945-46. US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 81026, courtesy D.M. McPherson, 1974.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
RVNS Hau Giang (HQ-406)
	47k	Ex-USS LSM-276 seen here in South Vietnamese service as Hau Giang (HQ-406)	© Richard Leonhardt
	56k	Ex-USS LSM-276 seen here in South Vietnamese service as Hau Giang (HQ-406) at Nha Be, RVN, November 1971.	© Richard Leonhardt
	59k	Ex-USS LSM-276 seen here in South Vietnamese service as Hau Giang (HQ-406) moored pierside in South Vietnam, date unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Hemsworth, James E., USNR	16 October 1944 - February 1946
02	LTjg. Lyall, Peter W., USNR	February 1946 - ?


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler

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