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USS LSSL-130
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 USS LCS(L)(3)-130 (1944 - 1949)

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1)
Bottom Ros - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal
 Personnel Awards

Silver Star - LT. William H. File Jr.

USS LCS(L)(3)-130 transferred to Japan, named JDS Hagi
LCS(L)(3)-1 Class Landing Craft Support (Large)(Mark3):
  • Laid down, 7 December 1944, at George Lawley & Sons Corp., Neponset, MA.
  • Launched, 13 December 1944
  • Commissioned USS LCS(L)(3)-130, 2 January 1945, LT. William H. File Jr. in command
  • During World War II USS LCS(L)(3)-130 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    3d Fleet operations against Japan, 10 July to 15 August 1945
  • Decommissioned, date unknown, at San Diego, CA.
  • Laid up in the US Pacific Reserve Fleet, San Diego Group.
  • Redesignated Landing Ship Support Large, USS LSSL-130, 28 February 1949
  • Reactivated and transferred to Japan, 14 January 1953, named JDS Hagi
  • Transferred to Thailand, date unknown
  • Returned to US custody 26 March 1958
  • Struck from the US Naval Register, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, destroyed as a target by gunfire 14 November 1958 at 34 degrees, 21 minutes, 8 seconds North latitude, 140 degrees, 21 minutes, 2 seconds East longitude in 1104 fathoms in the Sea of Japan.
  • USS LCS(L)(3)-130 earned one campaign star for World War II service

    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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    1005013002    		 502k Reactivation ceremony placing LSSL-130 in service at the Florida Reserve Group, Green Cove Springs, FL. circa December 1952-January 1953.
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    Photo 1005013003 - CAPT E. R. Sperry, Commander SubGroup Three, LT. William M. Welsh USNR, LTjg. J. R. Coleman USNR
    Photo 1005013004 - Saluting the rasing of the National Ensign
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    USS LCS(L)(3)-130 history 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
    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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