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USS LSM-325

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Kilo - Kilo
NVKK

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 - Navy Occupation Service Medla (with Asia clasp)

LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:

Laid down, 29 May 1944, at Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing Company, Chicago, IL.

Launched, 25 August 1944

Commissioned USS LSM-325, 30 September 1944, LTjg. Robert H. McCanne USNR in command

During World War II USS LSM-325 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LSM Flotilla Six, CDR. A. R. Quinn USN;
LSM Group Eighteen, LCDR. J. M. Fabre, USNR;
LSM Division Thirty-Six and participated in the following campaign:

Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 to 26 April 1945

Following World War II USS LSM-325 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 19 September to 2 October 1945

Decommissioned, 2 May 1946

Struck From the Naval Register in 1946

USS LSM-325 earned one battle star for World War II service

Final Disposition, sold, January 1947, to Ming-Sung Industrial Co., Ltd., 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

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
98k	*LSM-325* launching at Pullman Standard Car Mfg. Co., Chicago, Il. US National Archives photo (NWDNS-19-N-70587)	US National Archives
134k	Visible in the background is USS LSM-325 steaming in formation with USS LSM-163 and other LSMs, date and place unknown.	Bob Lytle to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
72k	USS LSM-325 under way, date and location unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
112k	USS LSM-325 under way, date and location unknown.	A.J. Higgins to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
74k	USS LSM-325 and USS LSM-324 moored pierside, date and location unknown.	A.J. Higgins & Peter Runge to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
40k	USS LSM-325 entering the Panama Canal, date unknown.	Michelle Pittman for her grandfather Logan Roark Jr. USS LSM-481

Commanding Officer
01	LTjg/LT. McCanne, Robert H., USNR	30 September 1944 - January 1946
02	LTjg. Higgins, Andrew J., USNR	January 1946 - 2 May 1946


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler

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

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