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LCI(L)-95


USS LCI(L)-95 was manned by the US Coast Guard
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom. left to right
Top Row - Coast Guard Unit Commendation - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (4) - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
Individual Awards

Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive for crew members attached 6 June 1944 at Normandy)
LCI-1 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down (date unknown) at Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, TX.
  • Launched (date unknown)
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-95, 15 February 1943, with a Coast Guard crew, LTjg. Clinton E. McAuliffe, USCG, in command
  • Succeeding Commanding Officers
    LTjg. G.E. Bray USCGR, 15 November 1944 - 9 February 1946
    LTjg. Gerald E. Cork, USCG, 9 February - 28 March 1946
  • LCI(L)-95 was assigned to the European Theater, LCI Flotilla 4, Capt. M. E. Imlay, USCG in command, (Flotilla 10 at Normandy) and participated in the:
  • North African occupation:
    (a) Tunisian operation, 1 June to 9 July 1943
  • Sicilian occupation, 9 July 1943
    LCI(L)-95 departed Italy in December 1943 to prepare for the invasion of Normandy
  • Invasion of Normandy, 6 June 1944 where LCI(L)-95 beached near Cherborugh, France, remaining there for
    almost a month.
    LCI(L)-95 departed Falmouth England, 5 October 1944 for overhaul and refresher training prior to
    assignment to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
  • Arriving at Saipan, 31 April 1945 LCI(L)-95 was assigned to provide air-sea rescue service, patrol duty, transportation duty and Japanese fishing fleet escort duty, and ferry duty at Eniwetok
  • Decommissioned, 28 March 1946, at Terminal Island, Long Beach, CA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown)
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 8 April 1946, for disposal
  • LCI(L)-95 earned three battle stars for World War II 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)-95 101k LCI(L)-95 off-loading troops, date and place unknown. William R. Gilmer for his father
    R.E. Gilmer USS LCI(L)-96
    The history for LCI(L)-95 is from "The Coast Guard At War, Transports and Escorts, Volume II"
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    US Coast Guard Unit Commendation Flotilla 10 - Group 29 - Division 27
    USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association
    U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office
    The CG History Page
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