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LSM-319

USS LSM-315 was transferred to Australia and renamed AV-1353 Harry Chauvel

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 (3) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal (3)

LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:

· Laid down (date unknown) at Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing Company, Chicago, IL.

· Launched (date unknown)

· Commissioned USS LSM-319, 10 August 1944, LTjg. Oren J. Mollenkopf, USNR in command

· During World War II LSM-319 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns;

Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Leyte operation Ormoc Bay landings, 11 to 12 December 1944	Consolidation and capture of Southern Philippines Mindanao Island landings 10 March 1945, 24 to 31 March 1945, 17 to 23 April 1945, 10 to 16 May 1945 Sulu Archipelago landings, 2 to 4 April, 1945
Manila Bay-Bicol operations Mariveles-Corregidor, 14 to 28 February 1945	.

· Decommissioned, 14 June 1946, at Astoria, OR.

· Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group, Astoria

· Transferred (sold) to the Australian Army, 16 July 1959 and assigned to the Australian Army, 32 Small ShipSquadron, Royal Australian Engineers, named AV-1353 Harry Chauvel

· Final Disposition, sold in 1972, to Pacific Logistics S.A., Philippines, fate unknown

· LSM-319 received three battle stars for World War II service

Specifications:
Displacement 520 t.(light), 743 t. (landing) 1,095 t.(fully loaded)
Length 203' 6" oa
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 single 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
Troop Capacity 2 officers, 46 enlisted
Armor 10-lb. STS splinter shield to gun mounts, pilot house and conning station
Propulsion two Fairbanks Morse (model 38D81/8X10, reversible with hydraulic clutch) diesels. Direct drive with 1,440 BHP each @ 720rpm, twin screws
Endurance 4,900 miles @ 12kts.(928 tons displacement)

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
USS LSM-319
<>	77k	*LSM-169, LSM-34, LSM-319* and *LSM-315* as well as two unidentified LSMs alongside an unidentified tender or repair ship at Subic Bay, P.I., date unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
AV-1353 Harry Chauvel
<>	46k	Ex-*LSM-319* in Australian service as AV-1353 Harry Chauvel at Vung Tau, South Vietnam, January 1968	Darryl Graney
<>	44k	AV-1353 Harry Chauvel beached in South Vietnamese waters.	.
<>	45k	AV-1353 Harry Chauvel beached at Madang New Guinea, 1965	Peter Bayliss
<>	119k	Overhead view of AV-1353 Harry Chauvel beached, date and place unknown.	Darryl Graney
<>	68k	AV-1353 Harry Chauvel underway, date and place unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
<>	95k	AV-1353 Harry Chauvel at Wellington New Zealand, January 1969 to load four ex New Zealand Army Centurion Tanks for return to Australia.	Dave Perham Australian LSM Association

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

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Small Ships, Heavy Boats and the Perils of the Long Tau Shipping Channel

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Last Updated 11 August 2006