Rare WWII 1944 Navy Secret US'Landing Craft Support Revised' Blue Print Relic

These blueprints have been in his collection for over 75 years as he held closely other WWII maps and blueprints from the U. This truly is a lot worthy of display in a museum, or in an advanced private collection. LSC (revised) as seen in this blueprint support the navy and US marines during combat operations on Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Size: This is a very large blueprint and measure 66.5 inches wide by 28.5 inches tall.

Were two distinct classes of. (USN) in Pacific and the. Showed a gap in Navy resources for close in support of landing troops. The Landing Craft Support was designed to fill this void. In time for the landings at Iwo Jima. After providing close in support during the landings at Okinawa.

Landing Craft Support was used in landings in Tarakan. During World War II, five LCSs were sunk in combat and 21 were damaged. Three of these small warships received Presidential Unit Citations, while six were awarded Navy Unit citations.

Skipper of USS LCS(L)(3) 122, was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. LCS(L)(3)-7, LCS(L)(3)-26 and LCS(L)(3)-49 were sunk by suicide boats off Mariveles, Corregidor Channel, Luzon, Philippine Islands, on 16 February 1945. LCS(L)(3)-15 was sunk by kamikaze aircraft off Okinawa, Ryukyu Islands, on 22 April 1945. LCS(L)(3)-33 was sunk by shore batteries off Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, on 19 February 1945.

A total of 130 were made. Was the same as the Landing Craft Infantry. They were 158 ft 6 in (48.31 m) long, displaced.

250 long tons (250 t), 23 ft 3 in (7.09 m) wide and drew 5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) when fully loaded. The flat bottom and skegs. The twin variable pitch screws were each driven by a bank of four Grey Marine later General Motors.

Diesel engines, with a total power for all eight engines of 1,600 horsepower. Armour for the gun mounts, pilot house and conning tower was provided by 10 lb (4.5 kg) STS splinter shields.