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USS LSM-547

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right

Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Second Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Korean Service Medal (4)
Third Row - National Defense Service Medal - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal (retroactive)

USS LSM-547 was sold to the Australian Army and named Clive Steele (AV1356)

LSM-1 Class Landing Ship Medium:

· Laid down, date unknown, at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, TX.

· Launched, date unknown

· Commissioned USS LSM-547, 25 January 1946, LTjg. Charles W. Faust, USNR, in command

· Decommissioned, 11 March 1947, at Green Cove Springs, FL.

· Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Florida Group, Green Cove Springs

· Recommissioned, 22 September 1950

· During the Korean War USS LSM-547 participated in the following campaigns;

Korean War Campaigns
Campaigns and Dates	Campaigns and Dates
UN Summer-Fall Offensive 20 to 27 November 1951	Third Korean Winter 1 December 1952 to 30 April 1953
Second Korean Winter 28 November to 5 December 1951	Korean Summer-Fall 1953 1 May to 27 July 1953

· Decommissioned, 5 July 1955, at Astoria, OR.

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

· Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

· Transferred, sold, to Australia, 26 January 1960, named Clive Steele (AV1356) and assigned to the Australian Army, 32 Small Ship Squadron, Royal Australian Engineers

· Decommissioned by the Australian Army in 1972

· Sold in 1972, to Pacific Logistics S.A., Philippines

· Struck by Communist rockets, 6 July 1973, in the Mekong Delta, beached and abandoned

· Final Disposition, fate unknown

· USS LSM-547 earned four battle stars for Korean War service

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 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 Accommodations 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)

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USS LSM-547
	63k	USS LSM-547 left and USS LSM-548 center, moored in a nest of three ships, date and location unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
	71k	USS LSM-547 off Mare Island Naval Shipyard. *LSM-547* was under repair at the shipyard from 11 July to 15 Sept 1952 and was dry docked in *ARD 32* from 8 to 12 Aug 1952. US Naval Shipyard photo # NY9 14303-9-52, dated 9 September 1952.	Darryl Baker
	59k	USS LSM-547 off Mare Island Naval Shipyard. *LSM-547* was under repair at the shipyard from 11 July to 15 Sept 1952 from 8 to 12 Aug 1952. US Naval Shipyard photo # NY9 14304-9-52, dated 9 September 1952	Darryl Baker
	91k	USS LSM-547 off Mare Island Naval Shipyard. *LSM-547* was under repair at the shipyard from 11 July to 15 Sept 1952. US Naval Shipyard photo	USS LSM / LSMR Association
	79k	USS LSM-547 underway, date and location unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
	71k	USS LSM-547 underway, date and location unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
	138k	USS LSM-547 underway exchanging movies with an unidentified LST while enroute to Korea in 1953.	Photo by George Dahl USS LSM-547

	169k	USS LSM-547 loading American Army personnel at Kojedo Korea in 1953.	Photo by George Dahl USS LSM-547
	215k	The tank deck of USS LSM-547 is loaded with American Army personnel, waiting to be disembarked on an island off the Korean coast in 1953.	Photo by George Dahl USS LSM-547
	215k	USS LSM-547 enroute to Kojedo Prison Island in 1953 with Chinese Communist Army prisoners of war. South Korean Army guards are on the upper deck in 1953.	Photo by George Dahl USS LSM-547
	177k	Chinese Communist Army prisoners of war in the tank deck of USS LSM-547 while underway enroute to Kojedo Prison Island in 1953	Photo by George Dahl USS LSM-547
	77k	USS LSM-547 underway, date and location unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
	53k	USS LSM-547 underway, date and location unknown	Dave Perham Australian LSM Association
	73k	USS LSM-547 underway at San Diego, CA., 27 May 1954. Photo by Oather Morper.	Bill Brinkley and the USS LSM-LSMR Association
Clive Steele (AV1356)
	34k	Ex-USS LSM-547 in Australian service as Clive Steele (AV1356) date unknown, location Daru Papua New Guinea.	Peter Bayliss
	24k	*Clive Steele* (AV1356) Bin Thuy, Bassac River, South Vietnam	Peter Bayliss
	139k	*Clive Steele* (AV1356) Stockton Beach Newcastle.	Dave Perham Australian LSM Association
	84k	*Clive Steele* (AV1356) Stockton Beach Newcastle.	Photo Courtesy Jim Tusing LSM-372, Editor "Alligator Alley" The Newsletter of the USS LSM - LSMR Association
	118k	*Clive Steele* (AV-1356) at Port Moresby, Australia, off-loading a truck, 24 June 1965.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
	79k	*Clive Steele* (AV1356) beached at a ramp in South Vietnam, circa 1969.	USS LSM / LSMR Association
	127k	*Clive Steele* (AV1356) with *USS Luzerne County* (LST-902)** and an unidentified LST beached at a ramp in South Vietnam, circa 1969.	Dave Perham
	78k	*Clive Steele* (AV1356) beached at Papua, New Guinea, circa 1969.	Dave Perham
	65k	*Clive Steele* (AV1356) Underway in Sydney Harbour, date unknown.	USS LSM / LSMR Association