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


Old Sailors Never Die
&
Dance Of The Sea
Phillipe Alexandre Belislie


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