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USS LSM-442

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
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

USS LSM-442 was transferred to the Republic of China and redesignated LSM-349

LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:

Laid down, 20 February 1945, at Dravo Corporation, Wilmington, DE.

Launched, 6 April 1945

Commissioned USS LSM-442, 30 April 1945, at Philadelphia, PA., LT. Milton L. Conklin USNR in command

During World War II USS LSM-442 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LSM Flotilla Fifteen;
LSM Group Forty-Four;
LSM Division Eighty-Eight;

Following World War II USS LSM-442 was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
24 October 1945 to 20 April 1946
21 April 1946 to 19 March 1947	21 April 1946 to 19 March 1947

Decommissioned, 19 March 1947, and transferred to the Republic of China the same day

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

Escaped to Taiwan in October 1949 upon the fall of the Republic of China

Redesignated LSM-349, date unknown

Decommissioned by Taiwanese Navy in 1962

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 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
67k	*LSM-442* pre-commissioning crew at Amphibious Training Base, Little Creek, VA., March 1945.	Gerald Key USS LSM-442 to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
48k	*LSM-442* launch at Dravo Corporation, Wilmington, DE., 6 April 1945.	Gerald Key USS LSM-442 to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
84k	USS LSM-442 drydocked, date and location unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
68k	USS LSM-442 and *USS LSM-486* moored pierside at Inchon, Korea, date unknown.**	Gerald Key USS LSM-442 to the USS LSM / LSMR Association

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Conklin, Milton L., USNR	30 April 1945 - November 1945
02	KTjg. Matteucci, Albert J., USNR	November 1945 - 30 April 1946
03	LTjg. Kean Jr., Andrew H., USNR	30 April 1946 - ?


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler

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

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