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USS LSM-470

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)

USS LSM-470 was transferred to the Republic of China

LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:

Laid down, 27 January 1945, at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston TX.

Launched, 17 February 1945

Commissioned USS LSM-470, 19 March 1945, LT. William McKinley Johnson USNR in command

During and after World War II LSM-470 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LSM Flotilla Fifteen;
LSM Group Forty-Four;
LSM Division Eighty-Nine;

Following World War II USS LSM-470 was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following period:

Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
2 September 1945 to 25 July 1946	2 September 1945 to 25 July 1946

Decommissioned, 25 July 1946, and transferred the same day to the Republic of China

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

Final Disposition, 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
318k	USS LSM-470, center, USS LSM-157, at left and USS LSM-390 moored together while performing China Service, 12 March 1946.	National Museum of the US Navy
49k	USS LSM-470, USS LSM-157, USS LSM-390 and *YOG-62* during China Service	Bill Brinkley and the USS LSM-LSMR Association
77k	USS LSM-470 loading relief supplies for transit up river in China, destination and date unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
63k	USS LSM-470 open bridge with Chinese pilot on board while underway in Chinese waters, date unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
136k	USS LSM-470 moored pierside in China, date and location unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
106k	USS LSM-470 moored to a buoy in a river in China. Several crew members have managed to get to the opposite bank of the river and can look down on the ship from above, date and location unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
52k	USS LSM-470 at anchor, date and location unknown. Off her port bow is USS LSM-265.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
54k	USS LSM-470 underway, date and location unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
69k	USS LSM-470 underway while transiting a river gorge in China, date unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
101k		USS LSM / LSMR Association

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Johnson, William McKinley, USNR	19 March 1945 - ?

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

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