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USS LSM-358


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Mike - Yankee
 NVMY
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-358, 2 January 1945, LT. John B. Cox, Jr. USNR in command
  • During World War II USS LSM-358 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-358 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East for the following periods:

    Navy Occupation Service Medal
    20 to 23 September 1945
    22 October to 30 November 1945
  • Decommissioned, 20 June 1946, at Green Cove Springs, FL.
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Florida Group, Green Cove Springs
  • 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
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    LSM-358 82k USS LSM-358 approaching a beach with bow doors open, date and location unknown. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-120 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
    LSM-356 62k USS LSM-356 and USS LSM-358 moored pierside at Pearl Harbor, T.H., date unknown. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    The history extract for USS LSM-358 is from LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1997. (ISBN 1-56311-389-9).
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Cox Jr., John B., USNR2 January 1945 - 1 December 1945
    02LTjg. Read, Robert M., USNR1 December 1945 - 17 January 1946
    03LTjg. Evans, Donald J., USNR17 January 1946 - 20 June 1946
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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