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LCS(L)(3)-38 / LSSL-38

LCS(L)(3)-1 Class Landing Craft Support (Large)(Mark3): Laid down, 11 September 1944, at Commercial Iron Works, Portland OR.; Launched, 1 October 1944; Commissioned USS LCS(L)(3)-38, 13 October 1944, LT. Jack Smith, in command; Decommissioned, 27 June 1946; Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Green Cove Springs, FL.; Reclassified and Renamed Landing Ship Support Large USS LSSL-38, 28 February 1949; Transferred to Italy, 25 July 1951, renamed Bracco (L-9852); Struck from the Naval Register. (date unknown); Final Disposition, scrapped by the Italian Navy in 1983.

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
554k	*LCS(L)s 19, 38, 23,* and LCS(L)-12, moored at Sasebo, Japan, fall 1945	National Association of USS LCS(L) 1-130
58k	*LCS(L)-38* moored outboard of *LC(FF)-536* and inboard of *LCS(L)-109* at Sasebo, Japan, November 1945.	Donated by Robert H. Ochs to the National Association of USS LCS(L) 1-130
83k	*LC(FF)-485* and *LC(FF)-536* moored astern of *LCS-38* at Sasebo, Japan, November or December 1945.	Courtesy Robert H. Ochs, submitted by the National Association of USS LCS(L) 1-130
46k	ex *LCS(L)-38* seen here in Italian service as *Bracco*, circa early 1950. US National Archives photo	National Association of USS LCS(L) 1-130

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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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