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USS LSM-453

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

USS LSM-453 was transferred to the Republic of China
LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:
  • Laid down, 30 October 1944, at Western Pipe and Steel Co., San Pedro, CA.
  • Launched, 22 December 1944
  • Commissioned USS LSM-453, 14 February 1945, LT. Walter H. Jungbluth USNR in command
  • During World War II USS LSM-453 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LSM Flotilla Twelve, LCDR. A. F. Dineen USN (22);
     LSM Group Thirty-Five, LCDR. W. K. Bradbury USNR;
     LSM Division Sixty-Nine
  • Following World War II USS LSM-453 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East for the following periods:

    Navy Occupation Service Medal
    20 September to 4 October 1945
    19 October 1945 to 21 March 1946

  • Decommissioned, 14 June 1946, and transferred the same day to the Republic of China
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, seized in October 1949, by Communist forces, 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
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    LST-399 107k USS LST-399 and USS LSM-453 beached at Okinawa after that island had been secured, circa 1945. Photo by William E. Jayne USS LST-399
    LSM-120 44k Distinguishable in this multiple ship view are USS LSM-120, USS LSM-357, USS LSM-453 and USS LSM-358, date and location unknown. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-453 63k USS LSM-453, USS LSM-427, an unidentified LSM and LST beached on a seaplane ramp in Japan while loading/off loading equipment and supplies while performing occupation duty, date and place unknown. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-453 68k USS LSM-453, USS LSM-427, an unidentified LSM and LST beached on a seaplane ramp in Japan while loading/off loading equipment and supplies while performing occupation duty, date and place unknown. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    The history extract for USS LSM-453 is from LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1997. (ISBN 1-56311-389-9).
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Jungbluth, Walter H., USNR14 February 1945
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    USS LSM-LSMR Association
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