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USS LCS(L)(3)-45


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Sierra - Sierra
NVSS
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal


LCS(L)(3)-1 Class Landing Craft Support (Large)(Mark3):
  • Laid down, 2 October 1944, at Commercial Iron Works, Portland OR.
  • Launched 22 October 1944
  • Commissioned USS LCS(L)(3)-45, 6 November 1944, LT. E. M. Lang USNR in command
  • During World War II USS LCS(L)(3)-45 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LCS(L)(3) Flotilla One, CAPT. R.E.Arison USNR;
    LCS(L)(3) Group Two, LT. M.C. Fitzgerald, USNR;
    LCS(L)(3) Division Three and participated in the in the following campaigns:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Borneo operation
    Brunei Bay operation, 10-14 June 1945
    Minesweeping Pacific operations, 21 November to 18 December 1945

  • Following World War II USS LCS(L)(3)-45 was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

    Navy Occupation Service Medal

    China Service Medal (extended)
    12 to 22 September 194523 September 1945 to 20 January 1946
  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • USS LCS(L)(3)-45 earned two battle stars for World War II service
  • Sold to Fred Markley, Seattle, WA., 7 October 1947, resold to Greece 1958
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    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 3"/50 dual purpose 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)

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    LCS(L)-45 95k USS LCS(L)(3)-45 builders completion photo, 11 November 1944, Portland, OR.
    Commercial Iron Works photo now in the collections of the US National Archives
    National Association of USS LCS(L) 1-130
    LCS(L)-45 26k USS LCS(L)(3)-45 under way, mid 1945, location unknown
    US National Archives photo
    National Association of USS LCS(L) 1-130
    LCS(L)-45 35k USS LCS(L)(3)-45 firing on the beaches at Brunei Bay during the invasion on 10 June, 1945
    US National Archives photo # (80-G-K-5859), a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.
    National Association of USS LCS(L) 1-130
    LCS(L)-45 66k USS LCS(L)(3)-45 and LCS(L)(3)-46 moored together, date and location unknown. Henry W. Toll, Jr. MD and the National Association of USS LCS(L) 1-130
    LCIS(L)-45 144k Forward plan view of USS LCS(L)(3)-45 at Mare Island, 21 May 1946. She was under repairs at the yard from 29 March to 11 June 1946. Shipyard logs indicate that she was berthed with the USS LSM-251, USSLSM-222, USS LSM-275, and USS LSM-172.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 1882-46
    Darryl Baker
    LCIS(L)-45 155k Aft plan view of USS LCS(L)(3)-45 at Mare Island, 21 May 1946 with either: USS LSM-251, USS LSM-222, USS LSM-275, or USS LSM-172.
    Navy Yard Mare Island photo # 1883-46
    Darryl Baker
    LCIS(L)-45 60k USS LCS(L)(3)-45 under way, date and location unknown. National Association of USS LCS(L) 1-130
    LCIS(L)-45 43k USS LCS(L)(3)-45 off Mare Island, 22 May 1946, after completing repairs.
    US National Archives photo # (BS 95127), US Naval Shipyard Mare Island 1871-46, now in the collections of the US National Archives.
    National Association of USS LCS(L) 1-130
    LCIS(L)-45 62k USS LCS(L)(3)-45 off Mare Island, 22 May 1946, after completing repairs.
    US Naval Shipyard Mare Island 1872-46.
    Darryl Baker

    There is no history available for USS LCS(L)(3)-45 at Navsource
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Lang, E. M., USNR6 November 1944 - ?
    Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

    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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