Come Sail Away With Me And My Father's Memories.

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Old Sailors Never Die
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Dance Of The Sea
Phillipe Alexandre Belislie

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USS LSM 252

Hello, I am the son of a sailor that served on the LSM-252 during 1945. Any crewmember of LSM 252 that have photos or stories concerning the ship let me know by e-mail. Just click the mouse on my name: Larry Slomer I can have new information placed on this Webpage.

NAMES OF THE SHIP'S CREW

Ralph H. Abenroth Elbert E. Allen Robert T. Anderson James H. Armstrong William B. Barbee John V. Bowers Unknown Brock Robert Burgert Peter J. Cianca J. A. Connolly Orin R. Currie Joseph H. Doria Harry Doyle Arthur W. Durin Dominic Erba David Friedlander Richard C. Fuller George G. Gill Mitchel V. Hill Dale R. Hobart Robert M. Hughson Arthur L. Ihle Howard P. Jensen Charles D. Johnson Herbert C. Joseph Herbert H. Kalmbach Arthur 0. Kimpler Vincent M. Klim Henry Kozakiewicz Thomas P. Lanieri John LaSala William C. Lawson Eugene W. Lund Albert L. Lyons Danbridge Macklin Everett J. Mandelke John H. Marshall Granville A. Mayes George K. McCamey Robert A. McCormick Leslie R. Millard Melvin J. Mitchell James W. Padgett Jessie L. Perry John W. Pierce Clarence Place Ralph J. Reed Stephen P. Rice Edward V. Rusnak James R. Russo Eugene A. Shursen Howard V. Slomer John A. Southwell Donovan D. Spangler William K. Steele A. B. Stephens Alvin Sturdivant Cornelius Sullivan John J. Toflinski Norman E. Vogt Roger A. Voss K. S. Weeks Louis F. Wentler Don L. Wichert T. E. Wiehe

Here is a Google Map that shows where the LSM-252 sailed during 1945; the map title is "LSM-252 Ports of Call 1945". I used information found in letters that my father wrote, and information from his military records, to create this map. I plan to add to it as I find out more about the ship: LSM-252 Ports of Call 1945 Google Map Here is another link to the ship's Hull Number web site: Hull Number LSM-252 USS LSM 252 PORTS OF CALL 1945 Location and dates of the US Navy ship LSM-252 during the final year of WWII: San Pedro 12 Feb 1945 Left USA Pearl Harbor 20 Feb 1945 Arrived Pearl Harbor 11 May 1945 Left Pearl Harbor International Date Line 17 May 1945 Crossed 180th meridian 12 degrees 12 minutes north latitude Enewetok 22 May 1945 Arrived Enewetok 25 May 1945 Left Enewetok Guam 29 May 1945 Arrived Guam 30 May 1945 Left Guam Leyte Phillipines 4 Jun 1945 Arrived Leyte Phillipines 6 Jun 1945 Left Leyte Phillipines Samar Phillipines 6 Jun 1945 Arrived Samar Phillipines 12 Jun 1945 Left Samar Phillipines Manilla 13 Jun 1945 Arrived Manlla Phillipines 16 Jun 1945 Lef Manilla Phillipines Crossed Equator 3 Jul 1945 3 Jul 1945 Crossed equator bound south at 136 degrees 45 minutes East longitude Guadalcanal 10 Jul 1945 Arrived Guadalcanal 10 Jul 1945 Arrived Guadalcanal Tulagi 11 Jul 1945 Arrived Tulagi Russell 12 Jul 1945 Arrived Russell Island 19 Jul 1945 Left Russell Island Enewetok 25 Jul 1945 Arrived Enewetok 27 Jul 1945 Left Enewetok Guam 31 Jul 1945 Arrived Guam 1 Aug 1945 Sent to Saipan Saipan 10 Aug 1945 Left Saipan Sent to Guam to be loaded Guam 16 Aug 1945 Left Guam Saipan 17 Aug 1945 Arrived Saipan Iwo Jima 20 Aug 1945 Arrived Iwo Jima 23 Aug 1945 Left Iwo Jima Underway with Task Force 31, Invasion of Japan Sagami Wan Bay 27 Aug 1945 Arrived Sagami Wan Bay Participated in initial landing operations, Yokosuka Ko, Japan Tokyo Bay 30 Aug 1945 Arrived Tokyo Bay 1 Sep 1945 Unloaded SeaBees at Yokosuka Naval Base (across Tokyo bay) 2 Sep 1945 LSM-252 present during surrender ceremony Sendai 10 Sept through 17 Sept 1945: Participated in evacuation of P.O.W.'s, Sendai and Kamaishi areas, Japan