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USS LSM-346


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Mike - Alpha
 NVMA
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, 20 October 1944, at Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing Company, Chicago, IL.
  • Launched, 9 February 1945)
  • Commissioned USS LSM-346, 10 March 1945, LTjg. James L. Thomas USNR in command
  • During World War II USS LSM-346 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LSM Flotilla Eleven
     LSM Group Thirty-Three;
     LSM Division Sixty-Six
  • Following World War II USS LSM-346 was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

    Navy Occupation Service Medal
    China Service Medal (extended)
    4 to 22 September 1945 
    8 October to 2 November 1945 
    27 June 1946 to 14 March 194727 June 1946 to 14 March 1947
  • Decommissioned, 11 July 1947, at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Donated, 17 February 1948, to Port of Newport Authority, Newport, OR., converted to a barge, renamed 404
  • Final Disposition, 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-346 95k USS LSM-346 crew photo for the Commissioning Ceremony at Dravo Corporation, Wilmington, DE., 24 March 1945. CAPT. John C. Kornegay USNR (ret) for his father-in-law LT(jg) (then ENS) A. C. Bachelder Engineering Officer USS LSM-346.
    LSM-346 89k USS LSM-346 Commissioning Ceremony at Dravo Corporation, Wilmington, DE., 24 March 1945. CAPT. John C. Kornegay USNR (ret) for his father-in-law LT(jg) (then ENS) A. C. Bachelder Engineering Officer USS LSM-346.
    LSM-346 83k USS LSM-346 Commissioning Ceremony at Dravo Corporation, Wilmington, DE., 24 March 1945. CAPT. John C. Kornegay USNR (ret) for his father-in-law LT(jg) (then ENS) A. C. Bachelder Engineering Officer USS LSM-346.
    LSM-346 90k USS LSM-346 Commissioning Ceremony, officers and wives, at Dravo Corporation, Wilmington, DE., 24 March 1945. CAPT. John C. Kornegay USNR (ret) for his father-in-law LT(jg) (then ENS) A. C. Bachelder Engineering Officer USS LSM-436.
    LSM-346 62k USS LSM-346 under way, date and location unknown. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-346 57k USS LSM-346 under way, date and location unknown. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-346 67k USS LSM-346 under way, date and location unknown. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-346 65k USS LSM-346 moored pierside in West Loch, Pearl Harbor, March 1946. R.N. Pierce to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-346 50k USS LSM-346 passing under the Golden Gate Bridge at San Francisco, CA., date unknown. Bill Brinkley and the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    USS LSM-346 Commissioning Ceremony program
    Contributed by CAPT. John C. Kornegay USNR (ret)
    LSM-346 LSM-346
    The history extract for USS LSM-346 is from LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1997. (ISBN 1-56311-389-9).
    Commanding Officers
    01LTjg/LT. Thomas, James L., USNR10 March 1945 - November 1945
    02LT. Watts, Dabney W., USNRNovember 1945 - 8 February 1946
    03LTjg. Wiseman Jr., Ben W., USNR8 February 1946 - 23 April 1946
    04LT. Richardson, Eugene Gilmour, USN23 April 1946 - 1947
    05LTjg. Schilperoort, Lawrence Allen, USN1947 - 11 July 1947
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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