Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
Office of the Chief of Naval Operations
Naval History Division Washington
USS LSM-312
(LSM-312: dp. .9; l. 203'6"; b. 34'; dr. 6'1" fwd, 3'5" aft; s. 13 k.; a. cpl. 52; cl. LSM-201)
Laid down at Pullman Standard Car Manufacturing Company, Chicago, Ill., and commissioned 17 June 1944, Lt. Jay Borden, USNR, in command.
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9 January 1945: TU 79.6.4, carrying 40th Infantry Division to Lingayen Gulf
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1-26 Apr 1945: Assault and occupation of Okinawa, as part of the Southern Tractor Flotilla
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29 May 1946: Decommissioned at Mare Island Navy Yard
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26 Jan 1948: Sold to Crowley Launch & Tugboat, San Francisco
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