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USS LSM-348

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Mike - Echo
NVME

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, 3 November 1944, at Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing Company, Chicago, IL.

Launched, 23 February 1945

Commissioned USS LSM-348, 24 March 1945, LT. James P. Baldwin, Jr. USNR in command

During World War II USS LSM-348 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LSM Flotilla Eleven
LSM Group Thirty-Three;
LSM Division Sixty-Six

Following World War II USS LSM-348 was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
11 to 27 September 1945	28 September 1945 to 1 January 1946
2 to 9 March 1947

Decommissioned, 22 September 1947

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

Sold, 27 February 1948, to United Fruit Co., San Francisco, CA.

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

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
59k	USS LSM-348 underway, date and location unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
45k	USS LSM-348 underway, date and location unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
47k	USS LSM-348 underway, date and location unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
76k	USS LSM-348 and USS LSM-85 entering the Advanced Base Dock *ABSD-6* at Guam, Marianas, date unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
51k	USS LSM-348 moored outboard starboard side to, in a nest of three LSMs, date and location unknown. US Navy photo # USN 1045171	USS LSM / LSMR Association
96k	USS LSM-348 moored inboard of USS LSM-232 at Pier Peter, Port Apra Inner Harbor, Guam. 2 January 1946. Note the 20mm and 40mm gun mounts on the dock and the oily water full of flotsam and jetsam next to the pier.	USS LSM / LSMR Association

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Baldwin Jr., James P., USNR	24 March 1945 - December 1945
02	LT. Brigham, Jack M., USNR	December 1945 - March 1946
03	ENS. Hedrick Jr., Clay E., USNR	March 1946 - June 1946
04	ENS. Carlson, R. P., USNR	June 1946 - September 1946
05	LT. Trottier, Albert Roland, USN (USNA 1943)	September 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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