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USS LSM-453

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)

USS LSM-453 was transferred to the Republic of China

LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:

Laid down, 30 October 1944, at Western Pipe and Steel Co., San Pedro, CA.

Launched, 22 December 1944

Commissioned USS LSM-453, 14 February 1945, LT. Walter H. Jungbluth USNR in command

During World War II USS LSM-453 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LSM Flotilla Twelve, LCDR. A. F. Dineen USN (22);
LSM Group Thirty-Five, LCDR. W. K. Bradbury USNR;
LSM Division Sixty-Nine

Following World War II USS LSM-453 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal
20 September to 4 October 1945
19 October 1945 to 21 March 1946

Decommissioned, 14 June 1946, and transferred the same day to the Republic of China

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

Final Disposition, seized in October 1949, by Communist forces, 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
107k	USS LST-399 and USS LSM-453 beached at Okinawa after that island had been secured, circa 1945.	Photo by William E. Jayne USS LST-399
44k	Distinguishable in this multiple ship view are USS LSM-120, USS LSM-357, USS LSM-453 and USS LSM-358, date and location unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
63k	USS LSM-453, USS LSM-427, an unidentified LSM and LST beached on a seaplane ramp in Japan while loading/off loading equipment and supplies while performing occupation duty, date and place unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
68k	USS LSM-453, USS LSM-427, an unidentified LSM and LST beached on a seaplane ramp in Japan while loading/off loading equipment and supplies while performing occupation duty, date and place unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Jungbluth, Walter H., USNR	14 February 1945 - November 1945
02	LTjg. Ellis, Peter D., USNR	November 1945 - 14 June 1946


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
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