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LCS(L)(3)-37

LCS(L)(3)-1 Class Landing Craft Support (Large)(Mark3): Laid down 2 September 1944 at Commercial Iron Works, Portland Oregon; Launched 23 September 1944; Commissioned USS LCS(L)(3)-37, 10 October 1944; Damaged beyond economical repair at Okinawa, 1945; Decommissioned (date unknown); Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown); Final Disposition, stripped of all usable material and destroyed 7 March 1946 at Naval Repair Base, Manicani Island.

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 40mm 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
77k	Launching , 23 September 1944, Commercial Iron Works, Portland Oregon	George Stein GM2 USN, crew member
15k	-	Harvey Miller via Ted Mayhugh
57k	Okinawa, April 1945. Gun crews in #2 mount, unidentified LCS(L) in background, April 1945	George Stein GM2 USN, crew member
39k	Okinawa April 1945. Gun crew during pause in action. George Stein GM2 is the mount captain in talker's helmet upper left.	George Stein GM2 USN, crew member
24k	Photo taken during decommissioning process	Harvey Miller via Ted Mayhugh

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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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