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LCI(L)-41 / LCI(G)-41


Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Yankee - Yankee - Zulu
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (4)
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
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)-41, 26 December 1942
  • During World War II LCI(L)-41 was assigned to the European Theater and participated in the following campaigns:
    European-Africa-Middle East Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Sicilian occupation, 9 to 15 July 1943 West Coast of Italy operations;
    Anzio-Nuttuno advanced landings, 22 January to 1 March 1944
    Salerno landings, 9 to 21 September 1943 Invasion of Southern France, 15 August to 25 September 1944

  • After service in the European Theater LCI(L)-41 was reassigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
  • Converted to a Landing Craft Infantry (Guns) at Navy Yard Long Beach with armament added at Naval Station Treasure Island, San Francisco in early July 1945 she was reclassified LCI(G)-41, 15 July 1945
  • Upon leaving San Diego LCI(G)-41 arrived at Pearl Harbor where her armament was removed and she was again redesigned LCI(L)-41
  • LCI(L)-41 was assigned to occupation duty, 25 November 1945 to 10 April 1946, proceeding in a flotilla with two stops along the way to harbor control duties at Nagoya and Kobe-Osaka, Japan before stopping at Yokohama in preparation for a return flotilla trip back to Pearl Harbor and San Diego
  • Decommissioned (date unknown) at San Diego
  • Struck from the Naval Register in 1946
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 20 February 1948
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • LCI(L)-41 received four battle stars for World War II service
    Specifications
    Displacement 216 t.(light), 234 t.(landing); 389 t.(loaded)
    Length 158' 5 1/2"
    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
    LCI(L) Complement 3 Officers, 21 Enlisted
    LCI(G) Complement 5 Officers, 65 Enlisted
    LCI(L) Troop Capacity 6 Officers, 182 Enlisted
    LCI(L) 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 kts; and 110 tons of fuel
    LCI(L) Armament four single 20mm guns one forward, one amidship, two aft, two .50cal machine guns
    LCI(G) Armament three 40mm guns (one bow mount, two forward gun deck), four 20mm guns (two well deck, two aft gun deck), four .50cal machine guns (two aft of conn, two fantail), ten MK7 rocket launchers
    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(G)-41 33k LCI(L)-41 beached, date and place unknown. Hyperwar US Navy in World War II
    LCI(G)-41 85k LCI(L)-41 baseball team at Anzio, Italy. Photo courtesy of Ken Stern, Skipper of LCI 41. Left to right, kneeling, first row: Ken Stern, Ray Martin, Otis Bailey, Walter Kijec, and Ed Dissen. In the middle, just behind Ray Martin is John Kasonic. Back row: George Hoffman, Bob LeBlanc, Fred Schmidt, Roy Merrit, and Bob Strassburg.
    Photo from USS LCI National Association's newsletter "The Elsie Item," October 2006 issue.    		 Ardie Hunt
    LCI(G)-41 73k LCI(L)-41 dry docked at Lagoulette, Tunisia in 1943. Crews mess has been moved to the well deck. Bill Strassburg for his father Bob Strassburg EM1/c USS LCI(L)-41
    LCI(G)-41 73k
    LCI(G)-41 73k LCI(L)-41 at anchor in the Pacific Theater, date and place unknown. James R. Ransom RM3/c USS LCI(L)-41
    View a Poem written by an LCI(L)-41 crew member which provides a cameo of the character of each crew member. Contributed by Bill Strassburg for his father Bob Strassburg EM1/c USS LCI(L)-41
    The history for LCI(L)-41 / LCI(G)-41 is from USS LCI "Landing Craft Infantry", Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1995. (ISBN 1-56311-262-0) with additional Pacific history provided by James R. Ransom RM3/c USS LCI(L)-41
    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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