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USS LSM-461

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-461 was transferred to the Republic of China
LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:
  • Laid down, 13 January 1945, at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, TX.
  • Launched, 3 February 1945
  • Commissioned USS LSM-461, 1 March 1945, LT. Fred J. Carideo USNR in command
  • During World War II USS LSM-461 was assigned the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LSM Flotilla Eleven
     LSM Group Thirty-Three;
     LSM Division Sixty-Five
  • Following World War II USS LSM-461 was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following period:

    Navy Occupation Service Medal
    China Service Medal (extended)
    8 September 1945 to 20 August 19468 September 1945 to 20 August 1946
  • Decommissioned, 20 August 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 the Peoples Republic of China 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 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-461 41k USS LSM-461 at anchor, date and location unknown.
    Photo courtesy Ms. Patricia Spahn in loving memory of her father Robert Clay USS LSM-461    		 USS LSM / LSMR Association
    The history extract for USS LSM-461 is from LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1997. (ISBN 1-56311-389-9).
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Carideo, Fred J., USNR1 March 1945 - 3 November 1945
    02LTjg. Maloney, Anthony J., USNR3 November 1945 - 28 April 1946
    03LT. Laulo, Cecil Ira, USN28 April 1946 - August 1946
    04LT. Parker, Walter Kendall, USNAugust 1946 - 20 August 1946
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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