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LCI(L)-39


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Zulu - Papa - Charlie
 NZPC
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - 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)-39, 9 February 1943
  • During World War II USS LCI(L)-39 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle Theater, LCI Flotilla 1, and the Asiatic-Pacific Theater 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 January to 6 February 1944
    Elba and Pianosa landings, 16 June 1944
    Salerno landings, 9 to 21 September 1943 Invasion of Southern France, 15 August to 9 September 1944


    While in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater USS LCI(L)-39 performed China service.
  • Decommissioned (date unknown)
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, transferred to the Maritime Commission, 10 October 1947, for disposal, fate unknown
  • USS LCI(L)-39 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 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)-39 58k USS LCI(L)-39 moored, date and location unknown. Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
    LCI(L)-39 72k USS LCI(L)-39 moored, date and location unknown. Lawrence W. Smith
    LCI(L)-39 127k USS LCI(L)-39 dry docked at Palermo, Sicily, date unknown. Lawrence W. Smith
    LCI(L)-39 82k USS LCI(L)-39,
    USS LCI(L)-237 and
    USS LCI(L)-221
    moored at Elbe Island, date unknown.    		 Ed Storey
    LCI(L)-20 115k HMS LCI(L)-274
    USS LCI(L)-20 and
    USS LCI(L)-39
    beached while landing assault troops at Anzio, 22 January 1944. USS LCI(L)-20 suffered a direct hit by a German bomb aft of midships and was abandoned. Photo courtesy Gordon Smith QM1/c USS LCI(L)-43 to the USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association.    		 Ardie Hunt
    LCI(L)-39 114k USS LCI(L)-39 in Anzio harbor unloading men, with USS LST-352 alongside unloading vehicles, date unknown. Robert Hurst
    The history for USS LCI(L)-39 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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