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USS LSM-460

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, 6 January 1945, at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston TX.
  • Launched, 27 January 1945
  • Commissioned USS LSM-460, 28 February 1945, LT. Edmund B. Koehler USNR in command
  • During World War II USS LSM-460 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LSM Flotilla Eleven
     LSM Group Thirty-Three;
     LSM Division Sixty-Five
  • Following World War II USS LSM-460 was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

    Navy Occupation Service Medal
    China Service Medal (extended)
    11 November to 3 December 19454 to 21 December 1945
  • Decommissioned, 14 January 1948, at San Francisco, CA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 20 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-460 48k USS LSM-460 beached at Marcus Island in the fall of 1946. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-460 72k USS LSM-460 under way in San Francisco Bay, 1945-46.
    US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 79845, courtesy D.M. McPherson, 1974.    		 USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-460 63k USS LSM-460 moored to a buoy while nested with other LSMs in San Diego Bay, date unknown.
    A Ted Stone photo.    		 USS LSM / LSMR Association
    The history extract for USS LSM-460 is from LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1997. (ISBN 1-56311-389-9).
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Koehler, Edmund B., USNR28 February 1945
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    USS LSM-LSMR Association
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    Last Updated 29 September 2017