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Lost due to enemy action, 16 February 1945

USS LCS(L)(3)-7

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Oscar - Tango
NVOT

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, Mariveles-Corregidor) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2)
Bottom - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation Medal (2)
Personnel Awards

Purple Hearts (25-KIA, 1-WIA Mariveles, P.I.)

LCS(L)(3)-1 Class Landing Craft Support (Large)(Mark3):

Laid down, 31 July 1944, at George Lawley & Sons Corp., Neponset, MA.

Launched, 9 August 1944

Commissioned USS LCS(L)(3)-7, 29 August 1944

During World War II USS LCS(L)(3)-7 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater LCS Flotilla One and participated in the following campaigns:

**Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns**
Campaigns and Dates	Campaigns and Dates
Luzon operation Luzon landings, San Antonio, Luzon Island, 29 and 31 January 1945	Manila Bay-Bicol operations Subic Bay and Grande Island, 31 January 1945 Mariveles-Corregidor, Mariveles Harbor, 15 to 16 February 1945

Final Disposition, sunk at Mariveles Harbor P.I., 16 February 1945

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

USS LCS(L)(3)-7 earned two battle stars for World War II service

Specifications:
Displacement 250 t (lt), 387 t (fl)
Length 158' 6" o.a.
Beam 23' 3"
Draft loaded, 4' 9" fwd, 6' 6" aft; Speed 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
Propulsion 8 GM diesels, 4 per shaft, BHP 1,600, twin variable pitch propellers
Endurance 5,500 miles at 12kts at 45" pitch (350 tons dspl.)
Fuel/Stores 76 tons fuel oil, 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 gun mount, additional guns 2 twin 40mms 4 single 20mms, 4 .50 cal MGs, ten MK7 rocket launchers
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)

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
69k	Scale model of USS LCS(L)-7 built by Thomas C. Hall RM3/c USS LCS(L)(3)-7. The model is 40" long and 15" high and took Mr. Hall over two years to build.	Dennis A. Steenbergen for Thomas C. Hall RM3/c USS LCS(L)(3)-7 (deceased)
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History of USS LCS(L)(3)-7 as provided by the National Association of USS LCS(L) 1-130

Crew Contact And Reunion Information Web Sites
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
Fleet Reserve Association

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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