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USS LSM-366


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - November - Quebec
NVNQ
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 clap)


LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:
  • Laid down, 25 November 1944, at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, TX.
  • Launched, 16 December 1944
  • Commissioned USS LSM-366, 17 January 1945, LT. Stanley J. Tregillis USNR in command
  • During World War II USS LSM-366 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LSM Flotilla Thirteen, LCDR. C. L. Weigle USN (27);
    LSM Group Thirty-Eight, LCDR. T. F. Lane USNR;
    LSM Division Seventy-Five
  • Following World War II USS LSM-366 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 9 October to 16 November 1945
  • Decommissioned, 2 May 1947, 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, 19 August 1958, to James K. Ulrick, Cincinnati. OH.
  • Resold in 1961, to Sonic, Pointe-a-Pitre, Guadeloupe and named Caicos Cloud, used commercially as a roll-on/roll-off cargo ship. Listed in Lloyds Register until 1993/94
  • 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-366 39k USS LSM-366 under way in San Francisco Bay, 1945-46.
    US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 83268, courtesy D.M. McPherson, 1975.
    USS LSM / LSMR Association

    The history extract for USS LSM-366 is from LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1997. (ISBN 1-56311-389-9).
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    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Tregillis, Stanley J., USNR17 January 1945 - November 1945
    02LTjg. Bowen Jr., Oliver E., USNRNovember 1945 - June 1946
    03ENS. White, Kenneth E., USNRJune 1946 - September 1646
    04ENS. Betts, Joseph E., USNRSeptember 1946 - 1946
    05LTjg. Foster Jr., William L., USNR1946 - February 1947
    06LT. Melohusky, Adam Walter, USNFebruary 1947 - 2 May 1947
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler

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

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