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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 (date unknown) at New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J.
  • Launched (date unknown)
  • 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 Asiatic-Pacific Theaters and participated in the following campaigns:
    Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign
    Campaigns and Dates Campaigns and Dates
    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 form the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 19 January 1948, for disposal, fate unknown
  • USS LCI(L)-38 received four 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 4 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)-38 64k USS LCI(L)-38 disembarking US Infantrymen of the 3rd US Infantry Division on X-RAY Beach, Anzio in January 1944. Robert Hurst
    LCI(L)-38 25k USS LCI(L)-38 disembarking French troops at Provence, France in August 1944. Ed Storey
    LCI-78 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
    LCI(L)-38 51k USS LCI(L)-38 beached at Parkersburg, West Virginia, circa later 1940s. Robert Pearson
    The history for USS LCI(L)-38 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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