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USS LSSL-16
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 USS LCS(L)(3)-16 (1944 - 1949)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Tango - Bravo
 NVTB
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, Okinawa) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
LCS(L)(3)-1 Class Landing Craft Support (Large)(Mark3):
  • Laid down, 25 August 1944, at George Lawley & Sons Corp., Neponset, MA.
  • Launched, 4 September 1944
  • Commissioned USS LCS(L)(3)-16, 28 September 1944, LTjg. Homer O. White USNR in command
  • During World War II LCS(L)(3)-16 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LCS(L)(3) Flotilla Three, CAPT. T.C. Aylward USN (23);
     LCS(L)(3) Group Eight, LCDR. E. C. Thomas USNR;
     LCS(L)(3) Division Fifteen and participated in the following campaigns:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 26 March to 25 June 1945     		Minesweeping Operations Pacific
    Van Dieman Straits (Kyushu-Korea Area), 30 November to 1 December 1945
    Tsushima Straits (Kyushu-Korea Area), 8 to 19 November 1945
    Tachibana Wan (Kyushu-Korea Area), 14 to 23 December 1945

  • Following World War II USS LCS(L)(3)-16 was assigned to Occupation Service in the Far East from 2 September 1945 to 15 February 1946
  • Decommissioned, 8 June 1946
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet
  • Reclassified Landing Ship Support Large USS LSSL-16, 28 February 1949
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 20 December 1950
  • USS LCS(L)(3)-16 earned two battle star for World War II service
  • Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 9 February 1951, for $8,211, to Dulien Steel Products, Seattle WA.,
    Specifications:
    Displacement 250 t (lt), 387 t (fl)
    Length 158' o.a.
    Beam 23' 8"
    Draft
    5' 8" limiting and max draft
    loaded, 4' 9" fwd, 6' 6" aft
    Speed
    14.4 trial
    16.5k max at 650 shaft rpm
    14.5kts at 585 shaft rpm
    Armor 10-lb STS splinter shield to gun mounts, pilot house and conning tower
    Complement
    6 Officers
    65 Enlisted
    Endurance 5,500 miles at 12kts at 45" pitch (350 tons dspl.)
    Fuel/Stores
    635 Bbls Diesel (76 tons)
    10 tons fresh water
    6 tons lubrication oil
    8 tons provisions and stores at full load
    Fresh Water Capacity distill up to 1,000 gals. per day
    Armament
    bow gun, one single 49mm gun mount
    two twin 40mm AA gun mounts
    four single 20mm AA gun mounts
    four .50 cal machine guns
    ten MK7 rocket launchers
    Propulsion
    2 quad packs of 4 General Motors 6051 series 71 Diesel engines per shaft, BHP 1,600
    single General Motors Main Reduction Gears
    2 Diesel-drive 60Kw 450V. A. C. Ships Service Generators
    twin variable pitch propellers
    Specifications Sources:
    Ships' Data U.S. Naval Vessels, Navships 250-012, April 15 1945
    Baker, A.D. III. Allied Landing Craft of World War II, Annapolis: United States Naval Institute Press, 1989. 47
    Lawley, George & Sons Corporation. Instructions for LCS(L)(3) Class
    Lawley, George & Sons Corporation. Original Plans of LCS(L)(3)
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    LCS(L) (3)-16 218k Artist's conception of USS LCS(L)(3)-16 as she appeared during World War II by the well known graphic illustrator John Barrett. John Barrett
    LCS(L) (3)-16/17 26k USS LCS(L)(3)-16 and USS LCS(L)(3)-17, docked at Leyte Gulf, P.I., fall 1945 National Association of
    USS LCS(L) 1-130
    LCS(L) (3)-12 176k USS LCS(L)(3)-12
    USS LCS(L)(3)-13
    USS LCS(L)(3)-14
    USS LCS(L)(3)-15 and
    USS LCS(L)(3)-16 prepare to shell Yellow Beach during the Okinawa invasion, 1 April 1945
    U.S. Navy photos    		 Michael Mohl and
    Marc Levine
    LCS(L) (3)-12
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    LCS(L) (3)-16 74k USS LCS(L)(3)-16 maneuvering with USS SC-1306 off Okinawa, 1 April 1945.
    National Archives photo    		 National Association of
    USS LCS(L) 1-130
    LCS(L) (3)-13 145k LCS(L)(3)s laid up in reserve at Astoria, OR. summer 1946, include from left to right:
    USS LCI(L)(3)-116,
    USS LCI(L)(3)-16,
    USS LCI(L)(3)-54,
    USS LCI(L)(3)-13,
    USS LCI(L)(3)-9,
    USS LCI(L)(3)-2,
    USS LCI(L)(3)-90,
    USS LCI(L)(3)-53,
    		 Brayton Harris
    History of USS LCS(L)(3)-16 as provided by the National Association of USS LCS(L) 1-130
    Commanding Officers
    01LTjg., White, Homer O., USNR 28 September 1944- ?
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information Web Sites
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Other Crew Contact and Reunion Information
    National Association of USS LCS(L) 1-130
    Dennis Steenbergen, Secretary
    7345 W. Lakeside Drive, Littleton, CO, 80125
    Phone 303-470-1187
    E-mail Dennis Steenbergen
    Additional Web Sites of Interest
    National Association of USS LCS(L) 1-130
    Additional Resources
    Rielly, Robin L. Mighty Midgets at War: The Saga of the LCS(L) Ships from Iwo Jima to Vietnam. Central Point, Oregon: Hellgate Press, 2000. (ISBN 1-55571-522-2)
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