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LCS(L)(3)-79 / LSSL-79

LCS(L)(3)-1 Class Landing Craft Support (Large)(Mark3): Laid down 9 October 1944 at Commercial Iron Works, Portland Oregon; Launched 29 October 1944; Commissioned USS LCS(L)(3)-79, 20 November 1944; Decommissioned (date unknown); Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet; Reclassified and Renamed Landing Ship Support Large USS LSSL-79, 28 February 1949; Transferred on loan to Japan 30 April 1953; renamed Rindo; Returned to US custody 23 April 1976; Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown); Final Disposition, 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.
Special Note on LCS(L)3-79s Armament; James B. Fleming ex Commanding Officer of USS LCS(L)3-79 says that some LCS(L)s, including LCS(L)3-79, carried an additional six .30 cal. machine guns. These were "aquired" , according to Mr. Fleming, to combat the treat of Japanese suicide boats. The worst disaster for the LCS(L)s occurred at Mariveles Harbor during the assault on Corregidor, LCS(L)s 7, 26 and 49 were hit and sunk by suicide boats and two other LCS(L)s were damaged. After that a number of the ships mounted the extra machine guns to cope with the problem.
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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LCIS(L)-79 58k c. fall 1945, off Dadjangas, Sarangani Bay, PI Photo donated to National Association of
USS LCS(L) 1-130 by James B. Fleming ex CO LCS(L)3-79
LCIS(L)-79 49k c. fall 1945, Catbalogan, Samar, PI Photo donated to National Association of
USS LCS(L) 1-130 by James B. Fleming ex CO LCS(L)3-79
LCIS(L)-79 41k c. August 1945, LCS(L)3-79 and in background LCS(L)3-51, San Pedro Bay, Leyte, PI Photo donated to National Association of
USS LCS(L) 1-130 by James B. Fleming ex CO LCS(L)3-79
There is no DANFS History currently available for USS LCS(L)(3)-79 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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