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USS LSSL-64
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 USS LCS(L)(3)-64 (1944 - 1949)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Uniform - Echo
 NVUE
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

USS LSSL-64 was transferred to Italy and renamed Segugio (L9855)
LCS(L)(3)-1 Class Landing Craft Support (Large)(Mark3):
  • Laid down, 9 October 1944, at Albina Engine and Machine Works Inc., Portland OR.
  • Launched, 7 November 1944
  • Commissioned USS LCS(L)(3)-64, 18 December 1944, LT. Charles W. Fogg, USNR in command
  • During World War II, USS LCI(L)(3)-64 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 to 10 July 1945
  • Decommissioned in May 1946, at Green Cove Springs, FL.
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Green Cove Springs, FL.
  • Redesignated Landing Ship Support Large LSSL-64, 28 February 1949
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Transferred to Italy in 1953, renamed ITS Segugio (L9855)
  • Final Disposition, scrapped by the Italian Navy in 1983
  • USS LCS(L)(3)-64 earned one battle star for World War II service
    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 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
    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)-64 77k USS LCS(L)-64 launching ceremony 7 November 1944, Albina Engine and Machine Works, Portland, OR.
    US National Archives photo # 80-G 394905, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 National Association of
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    LCS(L)-64,86,87 64k USS LCS(L)(3)-64, moored outboard of USS LCS(L)(3)-86, and USS LCS(L)(3)-87 at Yokosuka, Japan, fall 1945 Leonard D Nelson to the
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    LCS(L)-64 34k USS LCS(L)-64 moored, date and location unknown. Dennis A. Steenbergen, Secretary National Association of
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    LCS(L)-64 86k USS LCS(L)-64 partial crew group, date and location unknown. Dennis A. Steenbergen, Secretary National Association of
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    Segugio (L9855)
    LCS(L)-64 44k EX-USS LSSL-64 in Italian Naval service as Segugio (L9855), underway, circa 1957, location unknown.
    Official Italian Navy photo from "Jane's Fighting Ships, 1958-59".    		 Robert Hurst
    View the History of USS LCS(L)(3)-64 as provided by the National Association of USS LCS(L) 1-130
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information Web Sites
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Fleet Reserve Association
    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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