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USS LSM-440

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 (date unknown) at Dravo Corporation, Wilmington, DE;

Launched, 24 March 1945

Commissioned USS LSM-440, 17 April 1945, LT. Charles K. Morgan USNR in command

During World War II USS LSM-440 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LSM Flotilla Fifteen;
LSM Group Forty-Three;
LSM Division Eighty-Six;

Following World War II USS LSM-440 was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
2 September 1945 to 14 May 1946	2 September 1945 to 14 May 1946

Decommissioned, 23 June 1947, at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

Final Disposition, sold, 19 February 1948, to Ashland Oil & Refining Co., Ashland, KY., 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 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

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
39k	*LSM-440* launch at Dravo Corporation, Wilmington, DE., 24 March 1945.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
126k	USS LST-268, USS LST-724 and USS LSM-440 on the beach at Okinawa after the Invasion of Okinawa Gunto campaign has ended, circa second half of 1945. Photos by Frederick C. Keller.	Donn Cuson
158k		Donn Cuson
55k	USS LSM-440, USS LSM-474, and USS LSM-499, left to right, at Sasebo Harbor, Kyushu, Japan, 23 September 1945.	Richard W. Friedrich, F/1c, LSM-467, Collection, slide number 021
51k	Six LSM's including USS LSM-343, USS LSM-440, USS LSM-112, and USS LSM-467 at Sasebo Harbor Seaplane Ramp, Kyushu, Japan. The group had just completed transporting the *5th Marine Tank Battalion*	Hugh L. Hudson, Jr., RM/2c, LSM-467, LSM-49, Collection, Photo 074
71k	USS LSM-440 anchored off Shanghai, China in the Whangpoo River, 15 February 1946	LSM Homeport
64k	USS LSM-440 overhead view underway, circa 1945-46, place unknown. US Navy photo # NH 84897 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center, courtesy D.M. McPherson, 1976.	USS LSM / LSMR Association

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Morgan, Charles K., USNR	17 April 1945 - ?

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

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