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USS LSM-120

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Juliet - Foxtrot
NVJF

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 (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:

Laid down, 28 October 1944, at Brown Ship Building Co., Houston, TX.

Launched, 18 November 1944

Commissioned USS LSM-120, 10 December 1944, LTjg. Robert M. Korn USNR in command

During World War II USS LSM-120 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LSM Flotilla Twelve, LCDR. A. F. Dineen USN (22)
LSM Group Thirty-four, LCDR. V.W. Webb USNR;
LSM Division Sixty-Seven and participated in the following campaign:

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

Following World War II USS LSM-120 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal
20 September to 10 October 1945
22 October to 3 December 1945

Decommissioned, 14 May 1946

Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

USS LSM-120 earned one battle star for World War II service

Final Disposition, sold in October 1958, to American Tug Boat Co., Everett, WA. and converted to a barge, 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
77k	USS LSM-120, USS LSM-123 and USS LSM-338 landing Army occupation forces at Wakayama, Japan, 23 September 1945. US Navy photo # NH 351357 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center	USS LSM / LSMR Association
20k	USS LSM-120 and *LSM-123*, beached at Wakayama, Japan, 25 September 1945.	Joseph P. Haley
54k	USS LSM-120 drydocked, date and location unknown.	Bob Jager to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
44k	Distinguishable in this multiple ship view are USS LSM-120, USS LSM-357, USS LSM-453 and *LSM-358*, date and location unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
146k	USS LSM-120 decommissioning crew party, 8 May 1946, location unknown. Albert I. Vote is to the left of the officer in the center of the photo.	Jess Vote for his father Albert I. Vote USS LSM-120

Commanding Officers
01	LTjg. Korn, Robert M., USNR	10 December 1944 - December 1945
02	LTjg. Straughan, Virgil E., USNR	December 1945 - March 1946
03	LTjg. Halverson, Wallace R., USNR	March 1946 - 14 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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