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USS LSM-395

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippine Liberation Medal
LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:
  • Laid down, 13 December 1944, at U.S. Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C.
  • Launched, 2 January 1945
  • Commissioned USS LSM-395, 24 March 1945, LT. Joseph A. Kleinbauer, USNR, in command
  • During World War II LSM-395 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LSM Flotilla Fourteen, LCDR. W. R. McCaleb;
     LSM Group Forty-One;
     LSM Division Eighty-One
  • Following World War II USS LSM-395 was assigned to Occupation Service in the Far East from 17 SEptember to 2 October 1945
  • Decommissioned, 20 June 1946, at Green Cove Springs, FL.
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Green Cove Springs
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 19 January 1961, to Walker Diesel Equipment Co., Memphis, TN
    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 General Motors (model GM 16-278A, 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-396 88k LSM-308, and LSM-396 at the fitting out piers at US Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C. Other ships in this photo include LSM-309, LSM 389, LSM-390, LSM-391, LSM-392, LSM-393, LSM-394, LSM-395, LSM-397, LSM-398, Ray K. Edwards (APD-96), Arthur L. Bristol (APD-97), Truxtun (APD-98) and Upham (APD-99).
    US Navy Yard Charleston photo # 132-46, dated 10 January 1945.     		USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LCM-395 93k USS LSM-395 commissioning crew photo, 24 March 1945, at US Navy Yard, Charleston, S.C.. John Clardy to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LCM-395 41k LSM-395 in convoy from Manila to Japan about 26 September 1945. Ralph E. Robinson USS LSM-34
    The history extract for USS LSM-395 is from LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1997. (ISBN 1-56311-389-9).
    Commanding Officers
    01LT/LCDR. Joseph A. Kleinbauer, USNR24 March 1945 - 6 November 1945
    02LTjg. Meinken Jr., Kenneth C., USNR6 November 1945 - 28 November 1945
    03LTjg. Young, John S., USNR28 November 1945 - 15 February 1946
    04LTjg. Hatchell, George J., USNR15 February 1946 - 20 June 1946
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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