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USS LSM-494

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, 10 March 1945, at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, TX.

Launched, 31 March 1945

Commissioned USS LSM-494, 8 May 1945, LT. Blanchard G. Sanders USNR in command

During World War II USS LSM-494 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LSM Flotilla Fifteen;
LSM Group Forty-Four;
LSM Division Eighty-Eight;

Following World War II USS LSM-494 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 19 October 1945 to 22 January 1946

Decommissioned, 2 November 1946, at Green Cove Springs, FL.

Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Florida Group, Green Cove Springs

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

Sold in 1958, to New London Freight Lines, New Orleans, LA.

Resold, date unknown, renamed MV Plum Island and placed in service between New London, CT. and Long Island, 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 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

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
USS LSM-494
	53k	USS LSM-494 and USS LSM-495 moored in the LSM nest at the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Florida Group, Green Cove Springs, 26 June 1954. Note, that there are at least an additional 46 LSMs in the Reserve Fleet nest.	Photo by Raymond A. Biswanger, Jr., Ph.D., LT. USN (Ret) USS LSM-9 and USS LSM-538
Merchant Service
	69k	ex-USS LSM-494 in merchant service as the ferry MV Plum Island coming into New London, circa 1980. The ferry ran between New London and Long Island.	Ken Roberts to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
	139k	MV Plum Island docking at New London, circa mid-1970s.	Charles "Bud" Dehnert
	60k	MV Plum Island docking at New London, circa mid-1970s.	Charles "Bud" Dehnert
	144k	MV Plum Island docking at New London, circa mid-1970s.	Charles "Bud" Dehnert
	158k	MV Plum Island docking at New London, circa mid-1970s.	Charles "Bud" Dehnert

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Sanders, Blanchard G., USNR	8 May 1945 - ?

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

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