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LCS(L)(3)-23 / LSSL-23

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - 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, 20 September 1944, at George Lawley & Sons Corp., Neponset, MA.

Launched, 29 September, 1944

Commissioned USS LCS(L)(3)-23, 18 October 1944

During World War II LCS(L)(3)-23 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater LCS Flotilla Three, Group Eight and participated in the:

Okinawa Gunto operation;
Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 April to 25 June 1945

Decommissioned (date unknown)

Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group, Astoria, OR.

Redesignated Landing Ship Support Large LSSL-23, 28 February 1949

Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)

Final Disposition, sold for scrapping, 16 March 1951, to The Learner Company, Alameda CA., for $10,870

LCS(L)(3)-23 received one battle star 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 16.5 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)

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
63k	Left to right, *LCI(L)(3)-23, LCI(L)(3)-46, LCI(L)(3)-47* and *LCI(L)(3)-22* moored at Tsingtao, China, circa late 1945 early 1946	National Association of USS LCS(L) 1-130 Courtesy Ken Krayer
55k	Left to right; *LCS(L)(3)-19, LCS(L)(3)-38, LCS(L)(3)-23,* and LCS(L)(3)-12**, moored at Sasebo, Japan, fall 1945	National Association of USS LCS(L) 1-130
50k	*LCS(L)-23* at Sasebo, Japan, 19 December 1945.	Courtesy Bob Ochs, submitted by the National Association of USS LCS(L) 1-130
105k	A line of LCS(L)(3)s at Sasebo Japan, 19 December 1945. In the lead is *LCS(L)(3)-23* followed by *LCS(L)-25*.	Courtesy Bob Ochs, submitted by the National Association of USS LCS(L) 1-130

There is no DANFS history currently available for USS LCS(L)(3)-23 at NavSource

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 Address: augustad@juno.com

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 April 2006