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USS LSM-96

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Hotel - India
NVHI

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service (extended) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

USS LSM-96 was transferred to South Korea and redesignated ROCS LSM-656

LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:

Laid down, 15 September 1944, at Brown Ship Building Co., Houston, TX.

Launched, 7 October 1944

Commissioned USS LSM-96, 31 October 1944, LTjg. Herbert A. Plummer USNR in command

During World War II USS LSM-96 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LSM Flotilla Eight (flagship), CDR. H. Doe USN (23);
LSM Group Twenty-Four, LCDR. B. H. Lindman USNR;
LSM Division Forty-Seven and participated in the following campaign:

Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 28 March to 30 June 1945

Following World War II USS LSM-96 was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
2 to 28 September 1945
29 September to 21 December 1945	29 September to December 1945

Decommissioned, 26 May 1946

Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet

Transferred, on loan, under terms of the Security Assistance program to South Korea in April 1956

Sold outright to South Korea, 15 November 1974, redesignated LSM-656

Struck from the Naval Register, 15 November 1974

USS LSM-96 earned one battle star for World War II service

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
84	USS LSM-96 and USS LSM-391 beached at Okinawa, 20 September 1945.	Daniel Matheny to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
18k	USS LSM-96 and USS LSM-285 moored in the Whangpoo River at Shanghai, China, date unknown.	Submitted by Brian S. Myers from the collection of his father John H. Myers SM1/c USS LCI(R)-764
70k	USS LSM-96 under way, date and location unknown. a Ted Stone photograph.	USS LSM / LSMR Association

Commanding Officers
01	LTjg. Plummer, Herbert A., USNR	31 October 1944 - 14 December 1945
02	LTjg. Lonergan, Howard R., USNR	14 December 1945 - 26 May 1946


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler

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

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