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USS LSM-385

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, 30 December 1944, at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, TX.
  • Launched, 20 January 1945
  • Commissioned USS LSM-385, 26 February 1945, LT. Francis E. Gaskins, USNR in command
  • During World War II USS LSM-385 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LSM Flotilla Eleven
     LSM Group Thirty-Two;
     LSM Division Sixty-Two
  • Following World War II USS LSM-385 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 8 November 1945 to 22 January 1946
  • Decommissioned, 14 March 1947, at Mare Island Navy Yard, Vallejo, CA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Sold, 9 December 1947, to Western Transportation Co., Portland, OR.
  • 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
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    LSM-385 75k USS LSM-385 under way off San Diego, CA. A US Coast Guard P5M-2 Marlin seaplane taking off after picking up a sailor off LSM-385 with an acute appendicitis, date unknown.
    US National Archives photo # 26-G-4440 from the collections of the US National Archives.    		 USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-385 61k USS LSM-385 under way in San Diego Bay, date unknown.
    A Ted Stone photo     		USS LSM / LSMR Association
    The history extract for USS LSM-385 is from LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1997. (ISBN 1-56311-389-9).
    1946
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Gaskins, Francis E., USNR26 February 1945 - 30 August 1945
    02LT. Howard, Thurman T., USNR30 August 1945 - March 1946
    03LTjg. Polen, Dean W., USNRMarch 1946 - June 1946
    04LT. Bryan, Elmer Love, USNJune 1946 - September 1946
    05LT. Brubaker, Raymond Harvey, USNSeptember 1946 - 1947
    06LT. Griffis, Lyle Thomas, USN 1947 - 14 March 1947
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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