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


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Oscar - Mike
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
LCS(L)(3)-1 Class Landing Craft Support (Large)(Mark3):
  • Laid down, 14 June 1944, at George Lawley & Sons Corp., Neponset, MA.
  • Launched, 5 July 1944
  • Commissioned USS LCS(L)(3)-3, 31 July 1944, LT. T. J. Ryan USNR in command
  • During World War II USS LCS(L)(3)-3 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LCS(L)(3) Flotilla Five, CAPT. J. M. Mc Isaac USN (23);
     LCS(L)(3) Group Fifteen, LCDR H. Heine, USNR;
     LCS(L)(3) Division Twenty-Nine
  • Following World War II USS LCS(L)(3)-2 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 20 September to 20 November 1945
  • Decommissioned, 15 May 1946
  • Laid up in Reserve at Naval Station Astoria, OR.
  • Redesignated Landing Ship Support Large USS LSSL-3, 28 February 1949
  • Reactivated in 1952 for loan to Japan
  • Struck from the Naval Register. date unknown
  • Registered in 1954 by Everett A. Hogland as freight barge Hwaka homeported at Seattle, WA.
  • Registered in 1961 by B & B Tug & Barge at Juneau, AK
  • Registered in 1967 by Bering Sea Fisheries
  • Out of documentation in 2009
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    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 3"/50 dual purpose 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:
    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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    USS LCS(L) 1-130. Courtesy Michael J. Bizzarri, Sr.
    LCS(L) (3)-1 79k Artist's conception of USS LCS(L)(3)-3 as she appeared during World War II by the well known graphic illustrator John Barrett. His company, Navy Yard Associates offers, in addition to prints of LCS(L)s, many other navy types including most destroyers, destroyer escorts, submarines and aircraft carriers in various configurations during the ship's lifetime. The prints can be customized with ship's patches, your photograph, your biography, etc. If you decide to purchase artwork from them please indicate that you heard about their work from NavSource. Navy Yard Associates
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    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Ryan, T. J., USNR31 July 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, Inc.
    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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