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USS LCS(L)(3)-50

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Tango - Charlie
NVTC

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extend)
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal
Third Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation Medal (1)

LCS(L)(3)-1 Class Landing Craft Support (Large)(Mark3):

Laid down 8 June 1944 at Albina Engine and Machine Works Inc., Portland OR.

Launched 29 July 1944

Commissioned USS LCS(L)(3)-50, 11 September 1944, LT. B. T. Clark USNR in command

During World War II USS LCS(L)(3)-50 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LCS(L)(3) Flotilla One, CAPT. R.E.Arison USNR;
LCS(L)(3) Group One, LCDR W. I. Hunt, USNR;
LCS(L)(3) Division Two and participated in the following campaigns:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Consolidation and capture of the Southern Philippines Palawan Islands landings, 28 February 1945	Borneo operations Tarakan Island operation, 27 April 1945 Balikpapan operation, 1 July 1945

Following World War II USS LCS(L)(3)-50 was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
8 to 28 September 1945	29 September 1945 to 20 January 1946

Decommissioned, 1 November 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

USS LCS(L)(3)-50 earned two battle stars for World War II service

Registered in 1950 by the Copper Rover Packing Co., Seattle, WA. as the freighter Eshamy homeported in Juneau, AK.

Registered in 1970 by Alaskan Geophysical, Inc., Anchorage, AK. as fishing boat Eshamy

Registered in 1973 by H. Albert Ansell, Seattle, WA. as the vessel Seabird

Out of documentation in 1984

Registered in 1994 by Ocean Frontier Corp., Port Orchard, WA. as the coastwise fishing boat Seabird

Registered, date unknown, by Robert File, Sr., Juneau, AK. as Seabird

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 250 t (lt), 387 t (fl)
Length 158' o.a.
Beam 23' 8"

Draft

5' 8" limiting and max draft

loaded, 4' 9" fwd, 6' 6" aft

Speed

14.4 trial

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

Endurance 5,500 miles at 12kts at 45" pitch (350 tons dspl.)

Fuel/Stores

635 Bbls Diesel (76 tons)

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

Propulsion

2 quad packs of 4 General Motors 6051 series 71 Diesel engines per shaft, BHP 1,600

single General Motors Main Reduction Gears

2 Diesel-drive 60Kw 450V. A. C. Ships Service Generators

twin variable pitch propellers

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)

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
	105k	Builders completion photo of USS LCS(L)(3)-50 19 September 1944, after quarter view elevated. Albina Engine and Machine Works photo now in the collections of the US National Archives	National Association of USS LCS(L) 1-130
	74k	Builders completion photo of USS LCS(L)(3)-50 19 September 1944, broadside elevated. Albina Engine and Machine Works photo now in the collections of the US National Archives	National Association of USS LCS(L) 1-130
	86k	Builders completion photo of USS LCS(L)(3)-50 19 September 1944, forward quarter elevated, Albina Engine and Machine Works photo now in the collections of the US National Archives	National Association of USS LCS(L) 1-130
	286k	Builders completion photo of USS LCS(L)(3)-50 19 September 1944, stern view elevated, US National Archives Photo # 19-N-75027, a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.	Mike Green
	196k	Builders completion photo of USS LCS(L)(3)-50 19 September 1944, bow view elevated, US National Archives Photo # 19-N-75026, a US Navy Bureau of Ships photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.	Mike Green
1005005006	341k	USS LCS(L)(3)-50 underway during the Borneo Operations probably near Tarakan Island, circa April 1945. TimeLife image 11592591 by Carl Mydans. For personal non-commercial use only..	David Upton

There is no history available for USS LCS(L)(3)-50 at NavSource

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Clark, B. T., USNR	11 September 1944 - ?


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler and Ron Reeves

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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