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USS LSSL-13
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USS LCS(L)(3)-13 (1944 - 1949)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Sierra - Victor
NVSV

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (6 and 12 April 1945) - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

USS LSSL-13 was transferred to Japan and named JDS Oniyuri

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

Laid down, 17 August 1944, at George Lawley & Sons Corp., Neponset, MA.

Launched, 26 August 1944

Commissioned USS LCS(L)(3)-13, 21 September 1944, LT. B. R. Hart USNR in command (May 1945)

During World War II USS LCS(L)(3)-13 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:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 26 March to 25 June 1945	Minesweeping Operations Pacific Tsushima Straits (Kyushu-Korea Area), 8 to 19 November 1945 Formosa Straits, 29 November to 13 December 1945

Following World War II USS LCS(L)(3)-13 was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
22 September to 25 November 1945	27 November 1945 to 4 January 1946
6 to 25 January 1946

Decommissioned in June 1946, at Astoria, OR.

Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group

USS LCS(L)(3)-13 earned two battle stars for World War II service

Redesignated Landing Ship Support Large, USS LSSL-13, 28 February 1949

Reactivated in 1952

Loaned to Japan, 30 June 1953, named Japanese Maritime Self-defense Force ship JDS Oniyuri

Returned to US Custody, 30 June 1958

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

Final Disposition, disposed of as a target in the western Pacific, sunk by gunfire, 9 February 1959

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 40mm 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)

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
USS LCS(L)(3)-13
	219k	Artist's conception of USS LCS(L)(3)-13 as she appeared during World War II by graphic illustrator John Barrett.	John Barrett
	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
1005001204	95k		Michael Mohl and Marc Levine
	117k	USS LCS(L)(3)-13 off Okinawa as the assault is about to begin, 1 April 1945	National Association of USS LCS(L) 1-130
	66k	USS LCS(L)(3)-13 homeward bound, San Francisco Bay, early 1946 US Navy photo # NH 85170, from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center	National Association of USS LCS(L) 1-130
	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
USS LSSL-13
	32k	USS LSSL-13 underway off Astoria, OR., early 1953.	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.

History of USS LCS(L)(3)-13 as provided by the National Association of USS LCS(L) 1-130

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Hart, B. R., USNR	21 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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USS LCS(L)(3)-13 (1944 - 1949)