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USS LSM-125
File:JDS LSM-3001.jpg
JDS LSM-3001
Career (United States) US flag 48 stars
Name: LSM-125
Builder: Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston
Laid down: 4 November 1944
Launched: 25 November 1944
Commissioned: 22 December 1944
Decommissioned: 18 December 1946
Recommissioned: 14 October 1950
Decommissioned: 20 January 1954
Identification:
Honors and
awards:
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Fate: Transferred to France, 22 January 1954
Career (France) France
Name: L9013
Acquired: 22 January 1954
Commissioned: 28 June 1954
Decommissioned: July 1956
Fate: Returned to US, 16 July 1956
Career (Japan) Japan
Name: LSM-3001
Acquired: 18 July 1957
Decommissioned: 1974
Fate: Scrapped, 4 October 1977
General characteristics
Class & type: LSM-1-class landing ship medium
Displacement:
  • 520 long tons (528 t) light
  • 743 long tons (755 t) landing
  • 1,095 long tons (1,113 t) full load
Length: 203 ft 6 in (62.03 m) o/a
Beam: 34 ft 6 in (10.52 m)
Draft:
  • 3 ft 6 in (1.07 m) forward
  • 7 ft 8 in (2.34 m) aft
  • Fully loaded :
    • 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) forward
    • 8 ft 3 in (2.51 m) aft
Propulsion: 2 × Fairbanks-Morse (model 38D81/8X10, reversible with hydraulic clutch) diesels. Direct drive with 1,440 bhp (1,074 kW) each @ 720 rpm, twin screws
Speed: 13.2 knots (15.2 mph; 24.4 km/h)
Range: 4,900 nmi (9,100 km) at 12 kn (22 km/h)
Capacity: 5 medium or 3 heavy tanks, or 6 LVTs, or 9 DUKWs
Troops: 2 officers, 46 enlisted
Complement: 5 officers, 54 enlisted
Armament: 6 × 20 mm AA gun mounts
Armour: 10-lb. STS splinter shield to gun mounts, pilot house and conning station

USS LSM-125 was a LSM-1-class landing ship medium in the United States Navy during World War II. The ship was transferred to France as L9013 and Japan as JDS LSM-3001.

Construction and career[]

LSM-125 was laid down on 4 November 1944 at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, Texas. Launched on 25 November 1944 and commissioned on 22 December 1944, Ltjg. Norman C. Krieger in command. During World War II, LSM-125 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater. She took part in the Battle of Okinawa from 28 April to 18 May 1945. After the war, she was assigned to occupation service in the Far East from 2 September to 12 October 1945 and 26 October to 8 December 1945.[1] LSM-125 was decommissioned on 18 December 1946 but was recommissioned on 14 October 1950 amid the Korean War.[2] The ship took part in the Korean Defense Summer-Fall 1952 from 16 to 18 October 1952 and the Third Korean Winter from 24 January to 2 February 1953.

She was put out of service ob 22 January 1954 and handed to the French on the same day at Mare Island Naval Shipyard.[3]

She was struck from the Navy Register.

The ship was commissioned into the French Navy on 28 June 1954 and renamed L9013. She later took part in the Indo-China War.[1][3]

L9013 returned back to US custody on 16 July 1956 and two days later, transferred to Japan and renamed JDS LSM-3001. The ship has been in her original configuration and was never modified. The Maritime Self-Defense Force did not give a ship name in particular and just assigned a number.[4][5]

She was decommissioned in 1974 and later sold for scrap on 4 October 1977 by Kitajima Shokoi Company, Kyushu.[1]

Awards[]

LST-125 have earned the following awards:

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