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USS LSSL-116
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 USS LCS(L)(3)-116 (1944 - 1949)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

USS LCS(L)-116 was transferred to Japan and renamed JDS Yamabuki
LCS(L)(3)-1 Class Landing Craft Support (Large)(Mark3):
  • Laid down, 22 October 1944, at George Lawley & Sons Corp., Neponset, MA.
  • Launched 30 October 1944
  • Commissioned USS LCS(L)(3)-116, 17 November 1944
  • Decommissioned in 1946
  • Redesignated Landing Ship Support Large, USS LSSL-116, 28 February 1949
  • Transferred to Japan, 30 May 1953, renamed JDS Yamabuki
  • Returned to US custody, 31 March 1959
  • Struck from the Naval Register in 1966
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 250 t.(lt), 387 t.(fl)
    Length 158' 6"
    Beam 23' 3"
    Draft loaded, 4' 9" fwd, 6' 6" aft
    Speed 16.5 kts. 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 40mm AA gun mount
    2 twin 40mm AA gun mounts
    4 single 20mm AA gun mounts
    4 .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)(3)-116 83k USS LCS(L)-116 underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 National Association of
    USS LCS(L) 1-130
    LSM(R)-406 134k Twenty Fletcher class destroyers being inactivated at the Naval Repair Base, San Diego, CA., circa 1946. USS LCS(L)-116 and USS LSM(R)-406 are in floating drydocks on the opposite side of the pier from the destroyers.
    US Navy photo # NH 95684 from the collections of the US Naval Historical Center.    		 USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LCS(L) (3)-13 145k LCS(L)(3)s laid up in reserve at Astoria, OR. summer 1946, include from left to right:
    USS LCI(L)(3)-116,
    USS LCI(L)(3)-16,
    USS LCI(L)(3)-54,
    USS LCI(L)(3)-13,
    USS LCI(L)(3)-9,
    USS LCI(L)(3)-2,
    USS LCI(L)(3)-90,
    USS LCI(L)(3)-53,
    		 Brayton Harris
    There is no DANFS history currently available for USS LCS(L)(3)-116 / LSSL-116 at Navsource
    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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