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USS LSM-340

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Lima - Oscar
NVLO

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:

Laid down, 30 August 1944, at Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing Company, Chicago, IL.

Launched, 22 December 1944

Commissioned USS LSM-340, 30 January 1945, LT. Robert F. Ehrengerg USNR in command

During World War II USS LSM-340 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LSM Flotilla Thirteen, LCDR. C. L. Weigle USN (27);
LSM Group Thirty-Nine, LCDR. J. W. Rose;
LSM Division Seventy-Seven

Following World War II USS LSM-340 was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following period:

Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
4 to 16 July 1946	16 July to 8 October 1946
9 October 20 November 1946

Decommissioned, 20 November 1947

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 26 February 1948, to Orleans Shipwrecking Co., Chicago, IL.

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
124k	USS LSM-340 under way with the assistance of two tugs, date and location unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
65k	USS LSM-340 under way, date and location unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
69k	USS LSM-340 under way, date and location unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
62k	USS LSM-340 under way, date and location unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
66k	USS LSM-340 under way in San Francisco Bay, 1945-46. US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo NH 79839, courtesy D.M. McPherson, 1974.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
296k	*LSM-340* under way, date and location unknown.	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Ehrengerg, Robert F., USNR	30 January 1945 - 16 March 1946
02	LTjg. Rhoderick IV, G. C., LTJG USNR	16 March 1946 - June 1946
03	LT. Lawrence, Oscar Otto, LT USN	June 1946 - ?


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
USS LSM-LSMR Association

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