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USS LSSL-25
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 USS LCS(L)(3)-25 (1944 - 1949)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Romeo - Echo
 NVRE
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, Okinawa) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

USS LSSL-25 was transferred Japan, named JDS Suzuran
LCS(L)(3)-1 Class Landing Craft Support (Large)(Mark3):
  • Laid down, 29 September 1944, at George Lawley & Sons Corp., Newponset, MA.
  • Launched, 8 October 1944
  • Commissioned USS LCS(L)(3)-25, 24 October 1944
  • During World War II USS LCS(L)(3)-25 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater LCS Flotilla Three, Group Eight and participated in the following campaign:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 April to 25 June 1945
  • Following World War II USS LCS(L)(3)-25 performed occupation duty in the Far East
  • Decommissioned, 6 June 1946
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group, Astoria, OR.
  • Redesignated Landing Ship Support Large, LSSL-25, 28 February 1949
  • Reactivated in 1952
  • Transferred, on loan, to Japan, 30 June 1953, named JDS Suzuran
  • Returned to US Navy 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, 12 March 1959
  • LCS(L)(3)-25 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)
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    LCS(L) (3)-25 68k USS LCS(L)-25 builders photo. George Lawley & Sons Corp. circa October 1944, port side view
    Photo now in the collections of the US National Archives    		 National Association of
    USS LCS(L) 1-130
    LCS(L) (3)-25 59k USS LCS(L) 25 at Sasebo, Japan, 19 December 1945. Courtesy Bob Ochs, submitted by the National Association of
    USS LCS(L) 1-130
    LCS(L) (3)-23/25 105k A line of LCS(L)s at Sasebo Japan, 19 December 1945. In the lead is USS LCS(L)-23 followed by USS LCS(L)-25. Courtesy Bob Ochs, submitted by the National Association of
    USS LCS(L) 1-130
    LCS(L) (3)-25 44k USS LCS(L)-25 drydocked, undergoing pre-inactivation overhaul, Portland OR., April 1946 National Association of
    USS LCS(L) 1-130
    LCS(L) (3)-25 261k USS LCS(L)-25 inboard of USS LCSIL)(3)-101 moored, probably at Commercial Iron Works, Portland OR. in April 1946, while being prepared for lay up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, at Astoria, OR. Jack Harper
    LCS(L)(3)-25 history 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
    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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