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USS LSM-110

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor -India - Kilo
NVIK

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Second Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Korea Service Medal (3)
Bottom Row - National Defense Service Medal - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)

USS LSM-110 was transferred to France, designated RFS LSM-9011, later turned over to Republic of South Vietnam and named RVNS Han Giang (HQ-401), finally interned by Republic of Philippines

LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:

Laid down, 7 October 1944, at Brown Ship Building Co., Houston, TX,

Launched, 28 October 1944

Commissioned USS LSM-110, 25 November 1944, LT. William O. Stroup Jr. USNR in command

During World War II USS LSM-110 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LSM Flotilla Sixteen;
LSM Group Forty-Six;
LSM Division Ninety-One;

Decommissioned, 2 January 1947

Placed in service for Naval Reserve training, 2 January 1947

Recommissioned, 19 September 1950

During the Korean War USS LSM-110 participated in the following campaigns:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Korean War Campaigns
U.N. Summer-Fall Offensive 2 to 31 October 1951	Third Korean Winter 10 to 20 December 1952 2 to 4 January 1953 6 to 9 February 1953
Korean Defense Summer-Fall 1952 26 September to 6 October 1952 11 to 16 October 1952 12 to 20 December 1952

Transferred, 22 January 1954, to France, commissioned RFS LSM-9011

Turned over to the Republic of South Vietnam in October 1955, named RVNS Han Giang (HQ-401)

Interned in May 1975, at Subic Bay, Philippines

Transferred, 17 November 1975 to the Philippines for cannibalization and scrapping

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

USS LSM-110 earned three battle stars for Korean War service

Final Disposition, hulk sold for scrapping, 9 June 1966, to Santiago A. Gerrero, Olongapo City, Philippines

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

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
USS LSM-110
	39k	USS LSM-110 beached, probably near Huntington W.V. on the Ohio River, date unknown.	Ronda Perdue for her father Ronald Langdon USS LSM-110
	62k	USS LSM-110 and USS LSM-355 in dry dock, Long Beach, CA., circa March 1952 to 22 May, 1952.	Kenneth Oliver Photo Courtesy Jim Tusing LSM-372, Editor "Alligator Alley" The Newsletter of the USS LSM - LSMR Association
	154k	USS LSM-110 during an amphibious training exercise, date and location unknown	Kenneth Oliver Photo Courtesy Jim Tusing LSM-372, Editor "Alligator Alley" The Newsletter of the USS LSM - LSMR Association
	56k	USS LSM-110 underway, date and location unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
RFS LSM-9011
	76k	Ex-USS LSM-110 in French service as RFS LSM-9011 underway, date and location unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
	55k	RFS LSM-9011 moored pierside, date and location unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
RVNS Han Giang (HQ-401)
	19k	Ex-USS LSM-110 underway in South Vietnamese service as *RVNS Han Giang* (HQ-401)**, date and location unknown.	.
	56k	*RVNS Han Giang* (HQ-401)** at anchor, date and location unknown.	Lawrence C. Brooks, II
	46k	*RVNS Han Giang* (HQ-401)** underway, circa 1966, location unknown.	Robert Hurst
	59k	*RVNS Han Giang* (HQ-401)** underway, circa 1960, location unknown. Official South Vietnamese Navy photo, from "Jane's Fighting Ships" 1961-62 edition.	Robert Hurst
101411012	108k	*RVNS Han Giang* (HQ-401)** approaching Subic Bay, Philippines, 5 May 1975. US Navy photo 1163217 by PH1 R.M. Green	Robert Hurst
101411010	150k	Vietnamese civilians waiting for a medcap onboard *RVNS Han Giang* (HQ-401)*, 1 August 1967. US Navy photo 1126260* by PH2 D.G. Edmonds.	Tommy Trampp and Robert Hurst

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Stroup Jr., William O., USNR	25 November 1944 - November 1945
02	LT. Perry, William R., USNR	November 1945 - 14 January 1946
03	LT. Scanlon, John Martin, USNR	14 January 1946 - 8 April 1946
04	ENS. Sweeney, Charles L., USNR (temporary)	8 April 1946 - 25 April 1946
05	LTjg. Baldin, Maurice W., USN(T)	25 April 1946 - 2 January 1947
	Decommissioned In Service	2 January 1947 - 19 September 1950
05	LTjg. Baldin, Maurice W., USN(T) (Officer in Charge)	2 January 1947 - 19 September 1950


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler

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