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USS LSM-334

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Lima - Charlie
NVLC

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, 20 July 1944, at Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing Company, Chicago, IL.

Launched, 3 November 1944

Commissioned USS LSM-334, 2 December 1944, LTjg. Harold W. Halling USNR in command

During World War II USS LSM-334 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LSM Flotilla Twelve, LCDR. A. F. Dineen USN (22)
LSM Group Thirty-four, LCDR. V.W. Webb USNR;
LSM Division Sixty-Eight and participated in the following campaign:

Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 18 May to 3 June 1945

Following World War II USS LSM-334 was assigned to Occupation in the Far East from 1 November 1945 to 1 January 1946

Decommissioned, 20 June 1946, at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.

Struck From the Naval Register in 1946

USS LSM-334 earned one battle star for World War II service

Final Disposition, sold, 1 March 1948, to Crowley Launch & Tugboat Co., San Francisco, CA., 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
182k	USS LSM-334 under way, date and location unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
46k	USS LSM-334 under way, date and location unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
95k	USS LSM-112 and USS LSM-334 entering USS ABSD-6 together at Guam, Marianas Islands, 27 July 1945. In the background *LSM-426* and *LSM-276*	USS LSM / LSMR Association
35k	USS LSM-334 under way in San Francisco Bay, circa 1946. US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 83265, courtesy D.M McPherson, 1975.	USS LSM / LSMR Association

Commanding Officer
01	LTjg/LT. Halling, Harold Walter, USNR	2 December 1944 - 18 December 1945 (death by drowning)
02	ENS/LTjg. Willis, Donald A., USNR	18 Decmeber 1945 - 28 March 1946
03	LTjg. Brace Jr., William, USNR	28 March 1946 - 20 June 1946

Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler

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

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