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USS LSM-429

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
Second Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal
Third Row - Korean Service Medal (1) - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korean War Service Medal

LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:

Laid down, 2 December 1944, at Dravo Corporation, Wilmington, DE.

Launched, 18 January 1945

Commissioned USS LSM-429, 16 February 1945, LT. Samuel Q. Atkinson USNR in command

During World War II USS LSM-429 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LSM Flotilla Thirteen, LCDR C. L. Weigle USN (27);
LSM Group Thirty-Nine, LCDR. J. M. Rose;
LSM Division Seventy-Eight;

Following World War II USS LSM-429 was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following period:

Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
4 July 1946 to 23 May 1947	4 July 1946 to 23 May 1947

Decommissioned, 24 June 1947, at NOB Guam, Marianas Islands

Transferred, 24 June 1947, to the US Army Transportation Service

Returned to US Navy custody in 1950 and assigned to the Military Sea Transportation Service (MSTS)

Placed in service as USNS T-LSM-429

During the Korean War USNS T-LSM-429 participation in the following campaign:

Campaign and Dates
Korean War Campaign
First U.N. Counter Offensive, 13 to 29 March 1951

Placed out of service, date unknown

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

USNS T-LSM-429 earned one battle star for Korean service

Sold, date unknown, to Alaska Freight Lines Inc., Seattle, WA., converted to a barge

Final Disposition, scrapped, during the 1970s

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 General Motors (model GM 16-278A, 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
57k	*LSM-429* launch at Dravo Corporation, Wilmington, DE., 18 January 1945.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
50k	USS LSM-429 at anchor in San Francisco Bay, 1945-46. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 83274, courtesy D.M. McPherson, 1975.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
81k	USS LSM-429 moored alongside USS LSM-381 date and location unknown.	Ken Jankowski for his father John "Ski" Jankowski MOmm2/c USS LSM 381

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Atkinson, Samuel Q., USNR	16 February 1945 - December 1945
02	LTjg. Wright, J.B., USNR	December 1945 - March 1946
03	LTjg. McKenna, Paul F., USNR	March 1946 - June 1946
04	LT. Sheldon, Louis Loren, USN	June 1946 - 24 June 1947


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler

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

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