Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships
Office of the Chief of Naval Operations
Naval History Division • Washington
USS LSM-310
(LSM-310: 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 23 May 1944, Lt. Edgar P. White, USNR, in command.
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19-29 November 1944: Leyte landings
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7-8 December 1944: TU 78.3.3 carrying 7th Infantry Division to Ormoc Bay landing
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12-18 December 1944: TG 78.3 for Mindoro landings
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16-18 January 1945: Lingayen Gulf landing
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14-28 February 1945: Mariveles-Corregidor landings
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10 March 1945, 17-23 APril 1945, 3 May 1945: Mindanao landings
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26 June-6 July 1945: Balikpapan operation
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24 May 1946: Decommissioned at Mare Island Navy Yard
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13 Jan 1948: Sold to Fairbanks, Morse & Co., Chicago, Ill., for scrapping. However, survives as Columbia River tug boat Leland James (later Legend) of the Tidewater Barge Line.
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