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USS LSM-321


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Kilo - Charlie
 NVKC
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 (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippine Liberation Medal
LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:
  • Laid down, 5 May 1944,at Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing Company, Chicago, IL.
  • Launched, 27 July 1944
  • Commissioned USS LSM-321, 26 August 1944, LT. Fred H. Callies USNR in command
  • During World War II USS LSM-321 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LSM Flotilla Six, CDR. A. R. Quinn USN;
     LSM Group Seventeen, LCDR. C. H. Johnson, USNR;
     LSM Division Thirty-Four and participated in the following campaign:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 April to 7 May 1945
  • Decommissioned, 10 May 1946
  • Struck From the Naval Register, date unknown
  • USS LSM-321 earned one battle star for World War II service
  • Final Disposition, sold, 10 January 1947, to John D. Schapiro, 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
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    LSM-321 51k USS LSM-321 moored in a nest of LSMs, at Pearl Harbor, T.H. after returning from the Philippines and getting ready for the Okinawa operation, early-1945. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    The history extract for USS LSM-321 is from LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1997. (ISBN 1-56311-389-9).
    Commanding Officer
    01LT. Callies, Fred H., USNR26 August 1944 - September 1945
    02LT. Baumgartner, Victor H., USNRSeptember 1945 - March 1946
    03LTjf. Bodine, Earl C., USNRMarch 1946 - 10 May 1946
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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