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USS LSM-288

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Hotel - Mike
NVHM

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
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:

Laid down, 10 November 1944, at Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newark, N.J.

Launched, 22 December

Commissioned USS LSM-288, 9 January 1945, LT. Thomas J. Gibson USNR in command

During World War II USS LSM-288 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LSM Flotilla Eleven;
LSM Group Thirty-Two (flagship);
LSM Division Sixty-Three

Following World War II USS LSM-288 was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following period:

Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
24 to 27 September1945
28 September to 21 December 1945	28 September to 21 December 1945

Decommissioned, 18 July 1946, at Astoria, OR.

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

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

Final Disposition, sold, 9 May 1960, to Zidell Explorations 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
58k	USS LSM-288 beached at Taku, China, September 1945. Photo by Bill Talarico USS LSM-288	Mark Nicholas
33k	USS LSM-288 and USS LSM-118 moored at Tientsin, China, date unknown.	Jim Bohls for his father Walter F. Bohls SM2/c USS LSM-118
100k	USS LSM-288 under way, date and location unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
47k	USS LSM-288 at anchor in San Francisco Bay, 1945-46. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 82178, courtesy D.M. McPherson, 1974.	USS LSM / LSMR Association

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Gibson, Thomas J., USNR	9 January 1945 - December 1945
02	LT. Bradshaw, Judson P., USNR	December 1945 - March 1946
03	LTjg.Stevens, Robert L., USNR	March 1946 - June 1946
04	ENS. Smith, E. H., ENS, USNR	June 1946 - 18 July 1946


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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