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USS LSM-381

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - 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, 23 December 1944, at Brown Ship Building Co., Houston, TX.

Launched, 13 January 1945

Commissioned USS LSM-381, 12 February 1945, LTjg. Raymond Wolcott USNR in command

During World War II USS LSM-381 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LSM Flotilla Fourteen, LCDR. W. R. McCaleb;
LSM Group Forty, LCDR. O. J. Heggem USNR;
LSM Division Eighty

Following World War II USS LSM-381 was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
17 September to 4 November 1945
4 July 1946 to 1 September 1947	4 July 1946 to 1 September 1947

Decommissioned, date unknown, and transferred to the State Department for disposal

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

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
64k	USS LSM-381 moored to a buoy, date and location unknown.	R.J. Hickey to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
62k	USS LSM-381 moored to a buoy, date and location unknown.	R.J. Hickey to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
122k	USS LSM-381 underway, date and location unknown. Note the laundry hanging across the well-deck.	Ken Jankowski for his father John "Ski" Jankowski MOmm2/c USS LSM 381
56k	USS LSM-381 crew eating in the well deck, date and location unknown.	Ken Jankowski for his father John "Ski" Jankowski MOmm2/c USS LSM 381
75k	USS LSM-381 underway, date and location unknown.	Ken Jankowski for his father John "Ski" Jankowski MOmm2/c USS LSM 381
81k	USS LSM-381 moored alongside USS LSM-429 date and location unknown.	Ken Jankowski for his father John "Ski" Jankowski MOmm2/c USS LSM 381
59k	USS LSM-381 moored pierside at Tsingtao, China, date unknown.	Ken Jankowski for his father John "Ski" Jankowski MOmm2/c USS LSM 381
57k	USS LSM-381 moored inboard of USS LSM-447 and USS LSM-444 pierside at Tsingtao, China, date unknown.	Ken Jankowski for his father John "Ski" Jankowski MOmm2/c USS LSM 381
57k	One of USS LSM-381's two Fairbanks Morse Diesel engines.	Ken Jankowski for his father John "Ski" Jankowski MOmm2/c USS LSM 381
230k	USS LSM-381's engine room annunciator.	Ken Jankowski for his father John "Ski" Jankowski MOmm2/c USS LSM 381
55k	One of USS LSM-381's propellers on deck. The propeller was damaged date and location unknown. ("My late uncle Machinist Mate 2nd Class Louis J. Albert (USN) gave me his medals from WWII and I took an extensive history of his service at that time. He told me the following concerning *LSM 381: “On 15 Jan 1947 Louie was assigned to LSM 381 in service at Sing Taw [Tsingtao], China on the Yangtze? River. After Louie joined LSM 381 they started removing Marines from Sing Taw [Tsingtao] due to the Communist take-over of China. During this operation LSM 381 ran aground in the Yangtze River? and the crew and Marines were transferred the USS Lejeune AP-74 an Attack Transport Ship, and returned to Japan.” NavSource* has a photo of USS LSM 381 with a damaged propeller on deck – this may have been from running aground as mentioned by my uncle. Also I am not sure he had the correct river. Sincerely Captain (CA) George J. Albert Jr. Army Field Historian, California Center for Military History, past Naval Research and Study Element")	Ken Jankowski for his father John "Ski" Jankowski MOmm2/c USS LSM 381
84k	USS LSM-381's "HOMEWARD BOUND" pennant, date and location unknown.	Ken Jankowski for his father John "Ski" Jankowski MOmm2/c USS LSM 381

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Wolcott, Raymond, USNR	2 February /1945 - June 1945
02	LT. Mitchell Jr., Ralph, USNR	June 1945 - February 1946
03	LTjg. Klein Jr., William A., USNR	February 1946 - June 1946
04	LT. Myers, Harvey Lawrence, USN	June 1946 - 1947
05	LT. Daniels, Luther Ross, USN	1947 - 18 April 1947
06	LTjg. Morgan, James Edward, USN	18 April 1947 - ?


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler

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

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