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USS LSM-322

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Kilo - Echo
NVKE

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal

LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:

Laid down, 10 May 1944, at Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing Company, Chicago, IL.

Launched, 3 August 1944

Commissioned USS LSM-322, 6 September 1944, LT. Alexander C. Cooper USNR in command

During World War II USS LSM-322 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LSM Flotilla Six, CDR. A. R. Quinn USN;
LSM Group Sixteen, LCDR. J.T Brugger Jr., USNR;
LSM Division Thirty-Two and participated in the following campaign:

Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 to 30 April 1945

Decommissioned, 19 November 1946

Struck From the Naval Register, 13 December 1946

USS LSM-322 earned one battle star for World War II service

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 26 February 1948, to New Orleans Shipwrecking Corp., Chicago, IL

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
70k	USS LSM-322 crew during ship's commissioning ceremony, 6 September 1944.	George J. Koch, GM2 USS LSM-322 4201 Maryland Pl, Baltimore, MD. 21229
78k	USS LSM-322 in the far background, off the Okinawa Beachhead, 1 April 1945. A Coast Guard manned LST in the foreground launches a LVT-4 amphibious tractor, as other LVT-4s churn by. They are taking their positions in the initial assault waves to take soldiers of the *Tenth Army* ashore. Photographed by a Coast Guard cameraman.The censor has painted out the LST's hull number. US National Archives photo # 80-G-319224.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
56k	USS LSM-322 beached and unloading vehicles, Bantangas, P.I., date unknown.	George J. Koch, GM2 USS LSM-322
56k	USS LSM-322 at anchor, date and location unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
70k	Looks like a volleyball game going on in the well deck of USS LSM-322, date and location unknown.	George J. Koch, GM2 USS LSM-322

Commanding Officer
01	LT. Cooper, Alexander Calvin, USNR	6 September 1944 - 24 August 1945
02	LTJG. Bjorklund, Leonard Theodore, USNR	24 August 1945 - March 1946
03	LTjg. McClean, Robert Shaw, USNR	March 1946 - June 1946
04	ENS. Hamer, John W., USNR	June 1946 - August 1946
05	ENS. Carpender, Gary Nicholas, USN	August 1946 - September 1946
06	CHBOSN. Young, Einer Clearunce, USN	September 1946 - 19 November 1946


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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