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USS LSM-462

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-462 was transferred to South Korea and redesignated ROKS Gadeok (LSM-605)

LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:

Laid down, 13 January 1945, at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, TX.

Launched, 3 February 1945

Commissioned USS LSM-462, 4 March 1945, LT. Harold H. Bredell, USNR in command

During World War II USS LSM-462 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LSM Flotilla Eleven
LSM Group Thirty-Three;
LSM Division Sixty-Five

Following World War II USS LSM-462 was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
23 September to 15 December 1945	28 September to 15 November 1945
	16 December 1945 to 5 February 1946

Decommissioned, 16 February 1955

Transferred, on loaned, under terms of the Security Assistance Program, to South Korea, the same day

Commissioned ROKS Gadeok (LSM-605), 16 February 1955

Struck from the Naval Register, 15 November 1974

Redesignated LSM-653, name retaind, by South Korean Navy, 1980/81

Decommissioned, 31 March 1997

Final Disposition, stripped of parts and disposed of by the South Korean Navy, date 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

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
USS LSM-462
	259k	USS LSM-462 commissioning crew at Little Creek Amphibious Base, Norfolk, VA., January 1944	LSM-462 web site
	45k	USS LSM-462, USS LSM-170, USS LSM-161 and USS LSM-343 in a six ship assault wave formation while undergoing amphibious training, date and location unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
	57k	USS LSM-462 at Shanghai China, circa January 1945	LSM 462 web site
	54k	USS LSM-462 and USS LSM-466 off-loading equipment at Kure Air Station, Japan, 16 October 1945. Photo by Norman W. Ekberg EM3 LSM-466	Photo Courtesy Jim Tusing LSM-372, Editor "Alligator Alley" The Newsletter of the USS LSM / LSMR Association
	52k	USS LSM-462 departing San Diego, CA., with Point Loma in the background, date unknown.	Oklahoma Sandscrapers
	60k	USS LSM-462 beached on the Silver Strand at Coronado, CA. in 1947.	Kevin Burgess
	39k	USS LSM-462 moored to a buoy in a nest of LSMs, date and location unknown.	Samuel Morison to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
	51k	USS LSM-462 underway, date and location unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
	98k	USS LSM-462 underway, overhead view, date and location unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
	77k	USS LSM-462 underway in San Diego harbor, date and location unknown. US Navy photo # NH 14 from the collections of the US Navy History and Heritage Command.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
	95k	USS LSM-462 departing San Diego, CA., with Point Loma in the far background, date unknown.
101446212	160k	USS LSM-462 berthed at Long Beach Naval Shipyard, 21 January 1952. U.S. National Archives, Riverside, Identifier 15686, a U.S. Navy photo now in the collections of the U.S. National Archives.	Dave Schroeder and John Chiquoine
ROKS Gadeok (LSM-605/LSM-653)
	213k	ROKS Gadeok (LSM-653) approaches the beach during exercise Team Spirit ‘82. Department of Defense Media, Photo # DN-ST-82-06901	Mike Green
101446213	47k	ROKS Gadeok (LSM-605) beached, circa 1963, possibly Okinawa.	Bryan Wattier
101446214	85k
101446215	69k
101446216	66k
101446219	51k

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Bredell, Harold H., USNR	4 March 1945 - December 1945
02	LTjg. Zimmerman, Ernest L., USNR	December 1945 - 15 April 1946
03	ENS. Kuhlman, Donald F., USNR	15 April 1946 - June 1946
04	LTjg. Scruggs Jr., George C., USNR	June 1946 - August 1946
05	LT. Morrow, Clarence Euel, USN	August 1946 - October 1946
06	LTjg. Beard, Joe Henry, USN	October 1946 - ?
07	LT. Munroe Jr., William Robert, USN	1950 - 1 November 1951
08	LT. Luebke, George Maxwell, USN	10 November 1951 - 10 SEptember 1952
09	LTjt/LT. Stevens, Alfred D., USNR	10 September 1952 - 1954
10	LT. Paulis Jr., Joseph John, USN	no dates


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler

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

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Action Report - Landing of Occupation Forces, Nagasaki Japan, September 1945

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