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USS LSM-317

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Juliet - Uniform
NVJU

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 (2) - World War II Victory Medal
Bottom Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation Medal (2)

LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:

Laid down, 10 April 1944, at Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing Company, Chicago, IL.

Launched, 24 JUne 1944

Commissioned USS LSM-317, 28 July 1944, LT. Warren J. Ayres USNR in command

During World War II USS LSM-317 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Leyte operation Ormoc Bay landing, 11 and 12 December 1944	Consolidation and capture of southern Philippines; Palawan Islands landings, 28 February to 10 March 1945 Visayan Island landings, 29 March to 2 April 1945

Following World War II USS LSM-317 was assigned to Occupation Service in the Far East from 7 September to 29 November 1945

Decommissioned, 25 March 1947, at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

USS LSM-317 earned two battle stars for World War II service

Final Disposition, sold, 9 February 1948, to Foss Launch & Tug Co., Seattle, WA., 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 Fairbanks Morse (model 38D81/8X10, 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
	46k	USS LSM-317 under way, date and location unknown. US National Archives Photo # USN 1045170, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.		USS LSM / LSMR Association
	76k	USS LSM-317 beached at Oloilio, Panay Island, Philippines, 8 September 1945. US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 350413		USS LSM / LSMR Association

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Ayres, Warren J., USNR	28 July 1944 - September 1945
02	LT. Sullivan, Bruce R., USNR	September 1945 - December 1945
03	LTjg. Stotler, Clarence E., USNR	December 1945 - 1946
04	LTjg. Malpus, Kenneth Cole, USN	1946 - November 1946
05	LTjg. Hughson, Robert Marshall, USN	November 1946 - 25 March 1947


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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