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USS LSM-377

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

LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:

Laid down, 16 December 1944, at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, TX.

Launched, 6 January 1945

Commissioned USS LSM-377, 4 February 1945, LT. William H. Crawford USNR in command

During World War II USS LSM-377 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-Four and participated in the following campaign:

Campaigns and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 8 to 18 June 1945

Following World War II USS LSM-377 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 21 September to 30 October 1945

Decommissioned, 9 January 1948

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

USS LSM-377 earned one battle star for World War II service

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 20 January 1948, to Fairbanks Morse Co., Chicago, IL.

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
43k	USS LSM-377 and USS LSM-271 at Buckner Bay, Okinawa in 1945, off-loading pontoons.	Rudy Minster, LSM-377 Photo Courtesy Jim Tusing LSM-372, Editor "Alligator Alley" The Newsletter of the USS LSM - LSMR Association
44k	USS LSM-377 at Buckner Bay, Okinawa in 1945 while off-loading pontoons that were loaded aboard at Gulfport, MS.	Rudy Minster to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
55k	USS LSM-377 under way, date and location unknown. US National Archives Photo # USN 1045147, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.	Rudy Minster to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
67k	USS LSM-377 under way, "HOMEWARD BOUND" (note the pennant flying from the mast), probably entering San Francisco, Bay, CA., date unknown.	Bill Brinkley and the USS LSM / LSMR Association
60k	USS LSM-377 under way, date and location unknown. A Ted Stone photo.	USS LSM / LSMR Association

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Crawford, William Hiram, USNR	4 February 1945 - November 1945
02	LTjg. Bryan, Gerald A., USNR	November 1945 - June 1946
03	LT. Wrenn, Dennis Patrick, USN	June 1946 - December 1946
04	LTjg. Hare, Roland Wesley, USN	December 1946 - ?


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler

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

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