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LCS(L)(3)-8

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippine Liberation Medal (1)
Individual Awards

1 Silver Star - 1 Bronze Star - 4 Purple Hearts

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

Laid down, 28 July 1944, at George Lawley & Sons Corp., Neponset, MA.

Launched, 11 August 1944

Commissioned USS LCS(L)(3)-8, 31 August 1944, LTjg. Bert R. Durkee, D-V(S) USNR, in command

During World War II LCS(L)(3)-8 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
Manila Bay - Bicol operation Zambales - Subic Bay, 29 to 31 January 1945 Mariveles - Corregidor, 14 to 15 February 1945	Borneo operation Tarakan Island operation, 27 April to 13 May 1945 Balikpapan operation, 24 June to 4 July 1945
Consolidation and capture of Southern Philippines Supporting Minesweeping operations, San Bernadino Straits 27 February to 1 March 1945 and 1 to 3 April 1945 Ticao - Burias, 3 to 10 March 1945 Legaspi Harbor, Bicol Peninsula, Luzon, 1 April 1945	.

Decommissioned (date unknown)

Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, to Dulien Steel Products, Seattle, WA., 14 November 1946

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 16.5 kts. 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 12 kts. 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

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)

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	56k	*LCS(L)-8* off Corregidor, 16 February 1945		National Association of USS LCS(L) 1-130

View the History of LCS(L)(3)-8 as provided by the National Association of USS LCS(L) 1-130

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

Other Crew Contact and Reunion Information
National Association of USS LCS(L) 1-130
John Rooney, Secretary
2 Emery Lane, Phoenixville, PA, 19460
Phone 610-935-0902
E-mail John Rooney

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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Last Updated 21 October 2005