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LCS(L)(3)-50

LCS(L)(3)-1 Class Landing Craft Support (Large)(Mark3): Laid down 8 June 1944 at Albina Engine and Machine Works Inc., Portland Oregon; Launched 29 July 1944; Commissioned USS LCS(L)(3)-50, 11 September 1944; Decommissioned (date unknown); Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown); Final Disposition, sold to Copper River Packing, Seattle, Wash, 8 October 1947, fate unknown.

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 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
105k	19 September 1944, builders completion photos, after quarter view elevated, Albina Engine and Machine Works, National Archives	National Association of USS LCS(L) 1-130
74k	19 September 1944, builders completion photos, broadside elevated, Albina Engine and Machine Works, National Archives	National Association of USS LCS(L) 1-130
86k	19 September 1944, builders completion photos, forward quarter elevated, Albina Engine and Machine Works, National Archives	National Association of USS LCS(L) 1-130

There is no DANFS History currently available for USS LCS(L)(3)-50 at the Hazegray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.

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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