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LCI(L)-28


Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Juliet - Papa - India
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (5) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal
LCI-1 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, (date unknown) at New York Shipbuilding, Camden, N.J.
  • Launched (date unknown)
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-28, 29 December 1942 During World War II LCI(L)-28 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Eastern New Guinea operation
    Lae occupation, 4 to 6 September 1943
    Finschhafen occupation, 22 September 1943
    Saidor occupation, 2 to 3 January 1944     		Western New Guinea operation
    Toem-Wakde-Salmi area operation, 17 May 1944
    Biak Island operation, 27 to 1 June 1944
    Noemfoor Island operation, 2 to 11 July 1944
    Morotai landings, 15 September 1944
    Bismarck Archipelago operation
    Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 26 to 27 December 1943     		Leyte operation
    Leyte landings, 13 October to 20 November 1944
    Hollandia operation
    21 to 25 April 1944     		.

  • Decommissioned, (date unknown)
  • Struck from the Naval Register in 1946
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal
  • Final Disposition, sold, 12 December 1946, fate unknown.
  • LCI(L)-28 received five battle stars for WWII service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 216 t.(light), 234 t.(landing), 389 t.(loaded)
    Length 158' 5½"
    Beam 23' 3"
    Draft Light, 3'1½" mean, Landing, 2' 8" forward, 4' 10" aft, Loaded, 5' 4" forward, 5' 11" aft
    Speed 16 kts (max.), 14 kts maximum continuous
    Complement 3 officer, 21 enlisted
    Troop Capacity 6 Officers, 182 Enlisted
    Cargo Capacity 75 tons
    Armor 2" plastic splinter protection on gun turrets, conning tower and pilot house
    Endurance 4,000 miles at 12 kts, loaded, 500 miles at 15 knots; and 110 tons of fuel
    Armament four single 20mm guns one forward, one amidship, two aft, later added two .50 cal machine guns
    Fuel Capacity 130 tons, lube oil 200 gal.
    Propulsion two sets of 4 GM diesels, 4 per shaft, BHP 1,600, twin variable pitch propellers
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    LCI(L)-28 56k LCI(L)-28 beached, date and place unknown. Bill Pohnan Jr. in honor of his father Bill Pohnan Sr., S/2c USS LCI(L)-28
    LCI(L)-28 60k LCI(L)-28 at anchor, date and place unknown. Bill Pohnan Jr. in honor of his father Bill Pohnan Sr., S/2c USS LCI(L)-28
    LCI(L)-28 99k LCI(L)-28 underway in the Philippines, date and place unknown. Jerry Gilmartin
    The history for LCI(L)-28 is from USS LCI "Landing Craft Infantry", Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1995. (ISBN 1-56311-262-0)
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association
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