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I,Edward Lee Mc Intosh,A Proud Viet Nam Navy Veteran to all who cross the Deck of the USS LSD-22 Fort Marionwill,I hope remember the years of that War and Stop to Think about what WE Veteran Have Gone thur over the years afterthe war was lost by our so called leader,NOTE; I'm not here to sell something or to make money from this website.Sorry,I.We,The Men And Wemen Who Have service,some who gave all and some who returned to a country that look down on our troops who fight for freedom,Why do we do it,to help the world to become free,to stand up and be Proud that we have the freedom to go,say, and live without some one telling what we the people can do or say,so Please Stop.Think What it would belike to have someone run your life on they say!
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From Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships, Vol. II, pp.434-435The oldest defensive works still standing in the United States, constructed by the Spanish beginning in 1672 to protect St. Augustine, Fla.(LSD-22: dp. 4,490; l 457'9"; b. 72'2"; dr. 18'; s. 15 k.; cpl. 326; a. 1 5"; cl. Fort Marion)Fort Marion (LSD-22) was launched 22 May 1945 by Gulf Shipbuilding Corp., Chickasaw, Ala., sponsored by Mrs. Louise S. Dodson, and commissioned 29 January 1946, Commander H. A. Adams in command.Fort Marion arrived at San Diego her home port, 26 May 1946, and through the next 3 years repaired landing craft, carried cargo and landing craft between San Diego and San Francisco, and took part in amphibious training exercises on the California coast. Between 4 April and 21 July 1949 she made her first tour of duty in the Far East, calling in Alaska outward bound.Upon the outbreak of the Korean war, Fort Marion sailed for action 12 July 1950, andarrived at Pusan with Marines and their equipment 2 August. For the next month,she ferried troops from Kobe to Yokosuka for further routing onward to Korea. On 12 September, at Pusan, Fort Marion embarked men of the 1st Marines, whom she landed in the assault on Wolmi Do 3 days later. The seizure of this strategically placed island made possible the audacious landings at Inchon later that same day.Fort Marion lay off Inchon for the next month, receiving casualties and caring for small craft.From 25 October 1950 until 23 November Fort Marion lay at Wonsan for similar duty, as well as aiding in the withdrawal early in December. >From 29 December through March 1951, she carried troops from Japan to Korea, then embarked American and British Marines fora daring commando raid on the east coast of Korea. She put the commandos ashore 6 April, reembarking them that same afternoon after they had destroyed a section of a vital coastal railway.Fort Marion, sailed from Yokosuha for home 26 April 1951.During her second Korean war deployment, from 16 April 1951 to 14 January 1953, Fort Marion operated with a mine squadron in Wonsan Harbor, acting as mother ship for the small ships asthey carried out their dangerous operations. She also operated with an amphibious construction battalion, andjoined in a mock invasion on the coast north of Wonsan.Extensively overhauled in 1953, Fort Marion was equipped with a mezzanine deck and fitted to carry helicopters.She arrived at Sasebo 7 December to resume duty as a minesweeper tender, and during this tour of duty joined in amphibious exercises off Okinawa and Japan. Back in San Diego 19 August 1954, she sailed later that year to the Hawaiian Islands for exercises, and in May 1955 took part in Operation "Wigwam", the experimental detonation of an underwater atomic explosion.In 1956-57, 1958, and 1959, Fort Marion made additional deployments to the western Pacific, taking part in mine and amphibious warfare operations, and in the summer of 1958, joining in emergency operations to meet the threat posed by renewed Communist shelling of the Nationalist-held offshore islands. In September, serving with the Taiwan Patrol Force, she brought supplies to Quemoy under Communist fire. Fort Marion spent much of 1960 in an extensive modernization overhaul which added many useful years to her expected span of service, and on 22 November sailed for Far Eastern duty once more.Fort Marion received five battle stars for Korean war service.
Land The Landing Force
Note: USS Fort Marion LSD 22 was the Flagship for the early phases of the daring Inchon Landing,Just after midnight on D day, 15 September, the Advance Attack Group andthe bombardment group formed into an 18-ship column and enterd Flying Fish Channel. Two hours later,lookouts in the lead ships noticed a rhythmichally flashing lignt inthe darkness ahead of them. The rotationbeacon atop the Palmi Do lighthouse guided each ship safely through the narrow passage.Lieutenant Clark who had activated the light shivered in his lofty perchnot only from the chilly night airbut from the thrill of seeing the fleet steaming intoInchon! At 0508,Mount McKinley, dropped anchor in the channel andthe gunfire support ships and amphiboius vesselsmoved to their assigned positions. At 0520, Doyle hoisted the traditional signal that had precededmany amphibious assaults in naval history: "Land the landing Force." Marines in Horace A. Bass, Diachenko(APD 123) and Wantuck (APD 125) climbed into the LCVP'S that would carry them to shore.Fort Marion (LSD 22) prepared to disgorge three utility landing ships carrying tanks and equipment.At 0540, the cruisers and destroyers inaugurated the third day of shelling Wolmi Do andother targets in and aroundInchon. Soon after first light, Marine Carsairs launched from Badoeng Strait amd Sicily and once again churned up Wolmi Do with bombs, rockets and machine gun fire. Task Force 77 fighters formed combat air patrols to seaward and scoured the roads behind Inchon for enemy reinforcements and supplies.Fifteen minutes before L hour, set for 0630, two of the ungainly LSMR'S began an ear-splitting, 2,000-rocket barrage of the reverse slope of Radio Hill on Wolmi Do. Their object was to destroy any remaining nortar positions and prevent reserves from reaching the defenders ofthe island. Commander Doss's third ship, LSMR 403, moved in front of the LCVPs on their way to the shore and raked Green Beach with rockets and 40mm fire.That done signalmen on the control vessel lowered flags signaling the assault.The Coxswains in the first wave put their controls at full throttle and landing craft roared across the line of departure.
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Fort Marion Class Dock Landing Ship
Launched, 22 May 1945 at Gulf Shipbuilding Corp, Chickasaw, AL
Commissioned USS Fort Marion (LSD), 29 January 1946
Decommissioned, 13 February 1970
Struck from the Naval Register, 31 October 1974
Sold to the Republic of China, 15 April 1977, named Chen Hai (LSD-22)
Decommissioned by the Republic of ChinaNavy in May 1999
Final Disposition, sunk as an artificial reef, 9 December 2000
Fort Marion received five battle stars for Korean War service and five battle stars for the Vietnam War
Specifications:(as reported by Office of Naval Intelligence, 7 April 1944 and 7 January 2005 )
Displacement 4,032 (light draft), 7,930 (seagoing-loaded)
Length 457'9" o.a.
Beam 72"
Draft 8' 2 1/2" fwd,10' 1/2" aft (light draft); 15' 5 1/2" fwd, 16' 2" aft (seagoing loaded)
Speed 17 knots maximum (design speed)
Endurance 8,000 miles @ 15 knots
Crew Complement 17 officers, 237 men; Landing Craft: 6 officers, 30 men
Troop Complement 22 officers, 218 men
Well Deck Capacity (varies with mission)
3LCT (Mk V or VI) each w/5 medium tanks or
2LCT (Mk III or IV) each w/12 medium tanks or
14LCM (MkIII) each w/1 medium tank or 1,500 long tons cargo or
47 DUKW or
41 LVT or
Any combination of landing vehicles and landing craft up to capacity
Well Deck Capacity (with prefabricated "Super-Decks" installed)
108 DUKWs or
92LVTs or
Any combination of tracked/wheeled vehicles up to capacity.
(Note: Incapable of repairing larger landing craft and ships in this configuration)
Aircraft LSDs 1-27 (still in commission in late 40's or early 50's) were fitted/retro-fitted with a prefabricated steel grated "Portable Deck" suspended between the wing walls and supported by removable I-beam girders. The aft end of the portable deck contained a wooden helicopters platform, enabling the ship to land and launch1 helicopter at a time. Stowage of helicopters was limited to capacity of the portable deck installed for the mission. Aircraft servicing was limited to re-fueling. With portable deck and aircraft platform installed, the landing ship. dock was still capable of transporting,launching and repairing smaller amphibious craft and vehicles up to the size of a landing craft, utility(LCU) in their well decks.
Armanent
1-5'/.38 caliber Dual Purpose single barrel mount in open tub (w/director)
2-40MM quad barrel Anti-Aircraft mounts(w/director)
2-40MM twin barrel Anti-Aircraft mounts(w/director)
16-20MM single barrel Anti-Aircraft mounts(w/director)
Propulsion
2-Babcock and Wilcox Boilers, D Type 2 Drum, Single Furanace, Single Uptake,
Oil Fired 2-Skinner Engines-steam geared turbine(geared)
Twin screws
To cover the final run into the beach. Corsairs from VMF 214 andVMF 323 screamed over the LCVPs and strafed the shoreline.Two destroyers usingproximity-fuzed ammunition scoured the forward slope of Observatory Hill andthe waterfront with deadly air bursts of shrapnel.At 0633,G and H Companies of Colonel Taplett's 3rd Battalion. 5th Marines, stromed ashore.When three men stepped off onLCVP, they sank in water well over their heads.Not wanting a repeat of this tragic experience at Tarawa in World War II,when many Marines drowned because they had to move long distances through neck-high waters,the boat crews moved the vessels closer the shore.Succeeding waves brought in the rest of Taplett's Marines and ten M-26 Pershings tanks,including one equipped with a flame thrower and two more with bulldozer blades.The Marines advanced rapidly across the island,Company H seized and fortifed the Wolmi DO end of the causeway toInchon, while engineers sprinted into the roadway to lay an antitank minefield.Company G assulted Radio Hill and by 0655 the stars and stripes flew over that position.Meanwhile, Taplett landed with his one Company,which moved into areas supposedly secured by assault units.North Korean troops hidden in caves on the east side of the island,fired on several Company squads.When despite pleas of a Marine interpreter the NKPA soliders refused to surrender,a tankdozer embombed them in their positions.By 0800, Taplett reported Wolmi Do secured.His leathernecks dug in to fend off any counterattacks and herded the few prisoners of war(POWs)into a dry swimming pool.Some of the NKPA soliders fought to the last,others especially local Koreans recently "recruited" by the Communist,readily surrendered. Fanatical enemy troops,however soon opened up fromthe nearby islet of Sowolmi Do with light antiaircraft weapons.A reinforced rifle squad and several tanks rapidly moved against them. Supported by Marine Corsairs,the ground force quickly silenced the enemy guns.With the outer harbor secured at the cost of only 17 wounded, the first phase was now over. General MacArthur asked Doyle to send the following message in Task Force 90.The Navy and Marines have never shone more brightly than this morning.With a large smile the old soldier then turned to the Army,Navy and Marine officers gathered on Doyle's flagship and said,That's it.Let's get a cup of coffee.As he drank his cup of thick Navy Java,MacArthur penned a message to General Bradley and the other Joint Chiefs.First phase landing successful with losses slight. All goes well and on schedule.
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