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USS LSM-382

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:
  • Laid down, 23 December 1944, at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, TX.
  • Launched, 13 January 1945
  • Commissioned USS LSM-382, 14 February 1945, LT. Henry S. White USNR in command
  • During World War II USS LSM-382 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
  • Decommissioned, 17 November 1947
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 13 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
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    LSM-382 36k USS LSM-382 beached at Saipan, date unknown. Raymond R. Nase, MoMM3/c,
    USS LSM-49, USS LSM-467 Collection
    LSM-371 87k USS LSM-371 drydocked at Kure Shipyard, circa February 1946, note the 18.1 inch Japanese naval cannon loaded in the ship's well deck. Also present aft of USS LSM-371 are USS LSM-382 and USS LSM-255, an unidentified LSM to starboard and USS LCS(L)(3)-67, stern view, forward of USS LSM-371. Yu Chu photo, courtesy William C. Voigt Jr. CO LSM-371
    LSM-382 69k USS LSM-382 under way in San Francisco Bay, 1945-46.
    US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 79841, courtesy D.M McPherson, 1974.    		 USS LSM / LSMR Association
    The history extract for USS LSM-382 is from LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1997. (ISBN 1-56311-389-9).
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. White, Henry S., USNR14 February 1945 - November 1945
    02ENS. Carpender, Gary Nicholas, USNRNovember 1945- May 1946
    03LT. Wessinger, Hall Bradley, USNMay 1946 -1947
    04LT. Gorman, Paul Mitchell, USN1947 -?
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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