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LCS(L)(3)-46

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - China Service Medal (extended)
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal
Third Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippine Presidential Unit Citation - Philippine Liberation Medal (1)

LCS(L)(3)-1 Class Landing Craft Support (Large)(Mark3):

Laid down, 7 October 1944 at Commercial Iron Works, Portland OR.

Launched, 27 October 1944

Commissioned USS LCS(L)(3)-46, 9 November 1944

Decommissioned, 28 October 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, 23 June 1947

Final Disposition, sold, 7 October 1947, to Carl E Anderson, Seattle, WA., fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 250 t.(lt), 387 t.(fl)
Length 158' 6" ovl.
Beam 23' 3"
Draft loaded, 4' 9" fwd, 6' 6" aft
Speed 16.5 kts. max at 650 shaft rpm, 14.5 kts. 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 3"/50 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
93k	*LCS(L)(3)-46* commissioning ceremony, 9 November 1944, at Commercial Iron Works, Portland OR.	Victor J. Blomberg
46k	*LCS(L)(3)-46* underway, date and place unknown	National Association of USS LCS(L) 1-130
88k	*LCS(L)(3)-46* underway, date and place unknown	Victor J. Blomberg, Courtesy Floyd White
98k	*LCS(L)(3)-46* being placed in a dry dock, date and place unknown	Victor J. Blomberg, Courtesy Eugene Walsh
36k	*LCS(L)(3)-46* being placed in a dry dock, date and place unknown	Victor J. Blomberg, Courtesy Joan Haag
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
66k	*LCS(L)(3)-46* and *LCS(L)(3)-45* moored together, date and place unknown.	Henry W. Toll, Jr. MD and the National Association of USS LCS(L) 1-130

View the History of LCS(L)(3)-46 as provided by the National Association of USS LCS(L) 1-130

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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