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USS LSM-370


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - November - Yankee
 NVNY
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, 2 December 1944, at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, TX.
  • Launched, 23 December 1944
  • Commissioned USS LSM-370, 24 January 1945, LT. Louis L. Smith USNR in command
  • During World War II USS LSM-370 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LSM Flotilla Thirteen, LCDR. C. L. Weigle USN (27);
     LSM Group Thirty-Seven, LCDR. W. J. Chisholm USNR;
     LSM Division Seventy-Four
  • Following World War II USS LST-370 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East for the following periods:

    Navy Occupation Service Medal
    5 to 23 September 1945
    8 October to 14 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
  • Final Disposition, transferred, 15 July 1959, to Venezuela, for cannibalization and scrapping, sold 1959
    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-370 57k USS LSM-370 under way in San Francisco Bay, 1945-46.
    US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 83270, courtesy D.M. McPherson, 1975.    		 USS LSM / LSMR Association
    The history extract for USS LSM-370 is from LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1997. (ISBN 1-56311-389-9).
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Smith, Louis L., USNR24 January 1945 - November 1945
    02LTjg. McDonald, John S., USNRNovember 1945 - 20 June 1946
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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