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USS LSM-415

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from 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, 7 September 1944, at Dravo Corporation, Wilmington, DE.

Launched, 27 October 1944

Commissioned USS LSM-415, 18 November 1944, LTjg. John P. Toohil USNR in command

During World War II USS LSM-415 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LSM Flotilla Five, CDR. W. H. Carpenter USN (26);
LSM Group Fifteen, LCDR. A. H. Hall USNR;
LSM Division Twenty-Nine and participated in the following campaign:

Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 to 3 April 1945

Following World War II USS LSM-415 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal
20 September to 12 October 1945
22 October to 10 December 1945

Decommissioned, 8 August 1946

Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

USS LSM-415 earned one battle star for World War II service

Final Disposition, sold in January 1959, to A. S. Wikstrom Inc., Skaneateles, NY, 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
57k	*LSM-415* launching, at Dravo Corporation, Wilmington, DE., 27 October 1944.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
65k	Port stern quarter photo of USS LSM-467, USS LSM-116, and USS LSM-415, nested at Sasebo Harbor, Kyushu, Japan, circa, 10 to 15 November 1945.	Hugh L. Hudson, Jr., RM/2c, USS LSM-467, USS LSM-49, Collection, Photo 125
50k	USS LSM-415 at Saipan. (Note old sugar mill off the bow of the ship).	Photo by H. E. Freeman PhM/1c, USS LSM-116 Now in the collection of Robert C. Lozmack, BM/2c, USS LSM-116 and USS LSM-467
55k	Eleven LSM's in convoy from Wakayama, Japan to the Philippines. USS LSM-116 is in the foreground, and USS LSM-415 is off USS LSM-116's port stern quarter, (date unknown).	Photo by H. E. Freeman PhM/1c, USS LSM-116 Now in the collection of Robert C. Lozmack, BM/2c, USS LSM-116 and USS LSM-467
59k	USS LSM-415 beached at Wakayama, Japan in September 1945.	Hoyt Tucker to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
87k	USS LSM-415 under way, enroute from Guam to Pearl Harbor, date unknown.	W.H. Faulkner to the USS LSM / LSMR Association

Commanding Officers
01	LTjg. Toohil, John P., USNR	18 November 1944 - ?

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
USS LSM-LSMR Association

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