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USS LSM-488

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)
LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:
  • Laid down, 24 February 1945, at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston TX.
  • Launched, 17 March 1945
  • Commissioned USS LSM-488, 24 April 1945, LT. J.W. Allen USNR in command
  • During World War II USS LSM-488 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LSM Flotilla Sixteen;
     LSM Group Forty-Seven;
     LSM Division Ninety-Four;
  • Following World War II USS LSM-488 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 2 September 1945 to 28 March 1946
  • Decommissioned, 14 October 1946, at Green Cove Spring, FL.
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Florida Group, Green Cove Springs
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Sold, 23 September 1958, to Ships & Power Inc., Miami, FL.
  • Converted to the self propelled clam shell dredge Maurepas (Call sign WP3118)
  • Register in 1960 to Jahncke Service of New Orleans
  • Maurepas worked in Lake Pontchartrain. LA. until 1990 when dredging was halted
  • 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 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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    LSM-488 69k USS LSM-488 under way, date and location unknown. A Ted Stone photo. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-488 75k USS LSM-488 beached, date and location unknown. Robert Six USS LSM-232 to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    Commercial Service
    LSM-488 183k Ex-USS LSM-488 working in Lake Pontchartrain, LA. as the self propelled clam shell dredge, Maurepas circa 1960 - 1990. Thomas Parks
    LSM-488 282k
    LSM-488 191k
    The history extract for USS LSM-488 is from LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1997. (ISBN 1-56311-389-9).
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Allen, J.W., USNR24 April 1945 - ?
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    USS LSM-LSMR Association
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