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USS LSM-290

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Hotel - Quebec
NVHQ

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

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

USS LSM-290 was transferred to the Republic of China (Taiwan)

LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:

Laid down, 27 November 1944, at Federal Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Co., Newark, N.J.

Launched, 8 January 1945

Commissioned USS LSM-290, 23 January 1945, LT. Woodrow R. Clevinger, USNR in command

During World War II USS LSM-290 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LSM Flotilla Thirteen, LCDR. C. L. Weigle, USN (27);
LSM Group Thirty-Nine, LCDR. J. M. Rose;
LSM Division Seventy-Seven

Following World War II USS LSM-290 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East 2 September 1945 to 21 March 1946

Decommissioned, 5 June 1946, at NOB Subic Bay, P.I.

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

Sold, 13 February 1948, to the Republic of China

Final Disposition, 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
56k	USS LSM-290 under way, date and location unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
65k	USS LSM-290 under way, date and location unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
51k	USS LSM-290 under way, date and location unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
72k	USS LSM-284, USS LSM-71 and USS LSM-290 at anchor off Iwo Jima awaiting orders to proceed to Japan, 20 August 1945.	Darl Dewitt to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
84k	USS LSM-71 (center) USS LSM-284, (lower right), USS LSM-290 (far left background), and USS LSM-365 (far right background) at anchor off Iwo Jima awaiting orders to proceed to Japan, 20 August 1945.	Col. Roderick Hicks to the USS LSM / LSMR Association

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Clevinger, Woodrow R., USNR	23 January 1945 - December 1945
02	LTjg/LT. Patterson, William Philip, USNR	December 1945 -22 February 1946
03	LTjg. Arfman, Harold T., USNR	22 February 1946 - 11 April 1946


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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