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USS LSM-357

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Mike - Whiskey
NVMW

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 - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:

Laid down, 11 November 1944, at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, TX.

Launched, 2 December 1944

Commissioned USS LSM-357, 29 December 1944, LT. John C. Sellers USNR in command

During World War II USS LSM-357 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LSM Flotilla Twelve, LCDR. A. F. Dineen USN (22);
LSM Group Thirty-Five, LCDR. W. K. Bradbury USNR;
LSM Division Seventy

Following World War II USS LSM-357 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 20 September to 16 December 1945

Decommissioned, 10 August 1946

Laid up in the Reserve Fleet

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

Sold, November 1958, to Commercial Metals, Co., Dallas, TX.

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
127k	USS LSM-357 beached, date and location unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
49k	USS LSM-357, USS LSM-341 and USS LSM-116 beached while performing occupation duty in Japan, date unknown.	Photo by H. E. Freeman PhM/1c, USS LSM-116 Now in the collection of Robert C. Lozmack, BM/2c, USS LSM-116 and USS LSM-467
44k	Distinguishable in this multiple ship view are USS LSM-120, USS LSM-357, USS LSM-453 and USS LSM-358, date and location unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
133k	USS LSM-357 beached at Wakayama, Japan, 25 September 1945. US Army Signal Corps. photo # SC 213317	USS LSM / LSMR Association
63k	USS LSM-357 coming alongside USS LSM-41, date and location unknown.	Al McColley to the USS LSM / LSMR Association

Commanding Officers
01	LT/LCDR. Sellers, John Clark, USNR	29 December 1944 - 16 November 1945
02	LTjg. Moore, Edward Lockwood, USNR	16 November 1945 - March 1946
03	LTjg. Robinson, Edward L., USNR	March 1946 - 10 August 1946


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler

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

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