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USS LSM-482

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 Ribbon (with Asia clasp)

USS LSM-482 was transferred to the Republic of China and seized by the People's Republic of China forces
LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:
  • Laid down, 17 February 1945, at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, TX.
  • Launched, 10 March 1945
  • Commissioned USS LSM-482, 10 April 1945, LT. Walter E. Keady USNR in command
  • During World War II USS LSM-482 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LSM Flotilla Fifteen;
     LSM Group Forty-Four;
     LSM Division Eighty-Seven;
  • Following World War II USS LSM-482 was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

    Navy Occupation Service Medal
    China Service Medal (extended)
    2 September to 12 October 1945 
    22 October 1945 to 16 March 1946 
    17 March to 8 May 194617 March to 8 Mary 1946

  • Decommissioned, 8 May 1946 and transferred to Republic of China the same day
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Seized, October 1949, by Communist forces, reported still active in Peoples Republic of China Navy, circa 1996
  • 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
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    LSM-482/276/167
    101448203    		 63k USS LSM-482 USS LSM-276 and USS LSM-167 being moved into a floating drydock, either USS ABSD-3 or USS ABSD-6 in Apra Harbor, Guam, date unknown. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-482/276/167
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    LSM-482 59k USS LSM-482 in port, Pusan, South Korea, date unknown USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LSM-482 108k USS LSM-482 beached along the Yangtze River, China, circa February - March 1946 Donald Lee
    The history extract for USS LSM-482 is from LSM-LSMR Amphibious Forces, Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1997. (ISBN 1-56311-389-9).
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Keady, Walter E., USNR10 April 1945 - ?
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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