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USS LSM-328


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Kilo - Quebec
 NVKQ
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 Medal (with Asia clasp)
LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:
  • Laid down, 9 June 1944, at Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing Company, Chicago, IL.
  • Launched, 22 September 1944
  • Commissioned USS LSM-328, 21 October 1944, LT. Lewis F. Nord USNR in command
  • During World War II USS LSM-328 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 followung campaign:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 16 April to 18 May 1945

  • Following World War II USS LSM-328 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 7 to 21 November 1945
  • Decommissioned, 31 May 1946, at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.
  • Struck From the Naval Register, date unknown
  • USS LSM-328 earned one battle star for World War II service
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 9 March 1948, to Basalt Rock Co., Inc., Napa, CA.
    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-328 53k USS LSM-328 and USS LSM-380 beached at Guam in 1945 Nick Roth to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-328 62k USS LSM-328 moored outboard starboard to, in a nest of nine LSMs. Two nests of LSTs are in the background. Location and date are unknown Submitted by Hugh L. Hudson, Jr., RM/2c, USS LSM-467, USS LSM-49
    Photo by Rev. Gordon D. Dorian, RM2/c, USS LSM-377
    The history extract for USS LSM-328 is from LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1997. (ISBN 1-56311-389-9).
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    Commanding Officer
    01LT. Nord, Lewis F., USNR21 October 1944 - 18 October 1945
    02LT. Sandell, Stanley T., USNR18 October 945 - 15 January 1946
    03ENS. Arnold N., USNR15 Janaury 1946 - 31 May 1946
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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