USS LSM-462
# USS LSM-462

USS LSM-462 was a LSM-1-class landing ship medium in the United States Navy during World War II. She was later sold to South Korean Navy as ROKS Gadeok (LSM-605).

## Construction and career

LSM-462 was laid down on 13 January 1945 at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, Texas. Launched on 3 February 1945 and commissioned on 4 March 1945.

### Service in the United States

During World War II, LSM-462 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater. She was assigned to occupation service in the Far East from 28 September to 15 November 1945 and 16 December 1945 to 5 February 1946.

LSM-462 was decommissioned on 16 February 1955 and loaned to South Korea on the same day.

She was struck from the Navy Register.

### Service in South Korea

ROKS Gadeok was acquired by the South Korean Navy on 16 February 1956 and was commissioned on the same day.

Later in her service, she was designated as LSM-653.

She participated in the Team Spirit 1982.

She was decommissioned on 31 March 1997 and her fate is unknown.

## Awards

LST-462 have earned the following awards:

* American Campaign Medal
* China Service Medal
* Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
* World War II Victory Medal
* Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

## Citations

* 1 2 "Landing Ship Medium LSM-462". www.navsource.org. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
* ↑ BEMIL. "LSM-653 가덕". bemil.chosun.com (in Korean). Retrieved 17 November 2021.

## Sources

* United States. Dept. of the Treasury (1962). Treasury Decisions Under the Customs, Internal Revenue, Industrial Alcohol, Narcotic and Other Laws, Volume 97. U.S. Government Printing Office.
* Moore, Capt. John (1984). Jane's Fighting Ships 1984-85. Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0710607959.
* Saunders, Stephen (2009). Jane's Fighting Ships 2009-2010. Jane's Information Group. ISBN 978-0710628886.
* Fairplay International Shipping Journal Volume 222. United Kingdom: Fairplay Publishing Limited. 1967.

vteLSM-1-class landing ships medium :

Preceded by: None

Followed by: LSM(R)-188 class :

List of United States Navy amphibious warfare ships :

