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USS LCI(L)-38

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Juliet - November - Lima
NJNL

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (4) - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

LCI-1 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):

Laid down, 22 October 1942, at New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J.

Launched, 30 November 1942

Commissioned USS LCI(L)-38, 9 February 1943

During World War II USS LCI(L)-38 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East and the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

Campaigns and Dates	Campaigns and Dates
Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign
Sicilian occupation, 9 to 15 July 1943	West Coast of Italy operations Anzio-Nuttuno advanced landings, 22 to 23 January, and 26 to 28 January 1944 Elba and Pianosa landings, 17 June 1944
Salerno landings, 9 to 21 September 1943	Invasion of Southern France, 15 August to 10 september 1944

Decommissioned, date unknown

Struck from the Naval Register, 6 June 1946

Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 19 January 1948, for disposal

Final Disposition, fate unknown

USS LCI(L)-38 earned four battle stars for World War II service

Specifications:
Displacement 236 t.(light), 264 t.(landing), 419 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

4 officers

24 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

five single 20mm guns, one bow mounted, one each port and starboard forward of wheelhouse, one each port and starboard aft of wheelhouse

on some LCIs two .50 cal machine guns were added

Fuel Capacity

Diesel 860 Bbls

lube oil 200 gal

Propulsion

two sets of 4 General Motors 6051 series 71 Diesel engines, 4 per shaft

single General Motors Main reduction gears

two Diesel-drive 30Kw 120V D.C. Ship's Service Generators

twin variable pitch propellers, 2,320shp

Size	Image Description	Source
64k	USS LCI(L)-38 disembarking US Infantrymen of the 3rd US Infantry Division on X-RAY Beach, Anzio in January 1944.	Robert Hurst
25k	USS LCI(L)-38 disembarking French troops at Provence, France in August 1944.	Ed Storey
65k	USS LCI(L)-38 disembarking troops of the 1st Brazilian Expeditionary Infantry Division at the port of Livorno, Italy, 11 October 1944.	Flavio Mathias
129k		Flavio Mathias
69k	From left to right ; USS LCI(G)-78, USS LCI(G)-407, USS LCI(G)-473, USS LCI(G)-366 USS LCI(G)-77 USS LCI(G)-948 USS LCI(L)-38 USS LCI(G)-546 USS LCI(G)-440 USS LCI(G)-439 moored in a nest at Pearl Harbor, July 1945. Photo from the LCI National Association's Newsletter "The Elsie Item", June 1996 issue.	Ardie Hunt
51k	USS LCI(L)-38 beached at Parkersburg, West Virginia, circa later 1940s.	Robert Pearson

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association

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