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LCI(L)-195 / LCI(G)-195

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 - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (5)
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 Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Corporation, Port Newark, N.J.

Launched (date unknown)

Commissioned USS LCI(L)-195, 13 February 1943, at Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Corporation, Port Newark, N.J.

During World War II LCI(L)-195 was assigned to the European Theater and participated in the:

Tunisian operation
Sicilian occupation;
(a) Scoglitti landing, 9 to 15 July 1943
Salerno landings, 9 to 21 September 1943
West Coast of Italy operations-1944;
(a) Anzio Nettuno advanced landings, 22 January to 1 March 1944
Invasion of Southern France;
(a) St. Raphael, 15 August to 30 August 1944

LCI(L)-195 was redesigned Landing Craft Infantry (Gunboat), LCI(G)-195, 15 July 1945

Following World War II LCI(G)-195 performed occupation duty in the Far East from 24 October to 14 November1945 and China service from 15 November 1945 to 1 April 1946

Decommissioned, 15 July 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown)

Sold, 5 March 1947, to San Francisco Bridge Co.

Final Disposition, fate unknown

LCI(L)-195 earned five 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 two 40mm guns, four 20mm guns, six .50cal machine guns, 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

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
81k	*LCI(L)-195* moored at Pazzuoli, Italy, date unknown.	Frank Krzich, MoMM/1c USS LCI(L)-195
67k	*LCI(G)-220 LCI(G)-195, LCI(G)-233* and *LCI(G)-234* moored at Saei, Formosa (Taiwan), circa 13 December 1945 to 1 April 1946.	Bill Brinkley
75k	*LCI(G)-220* and *LCI(G)-195* moored at Shanghai, China, 11 January 1946. The additional LCIs in the background are assumed to be *LCI(G)-233* and *LCI(G)-234* Photo from USS LCI National Association's newsletter "The Elsie Item", Issue #46, October 2003, photo courtesy either Bodo Zimmerman or Peter O'Flaherty USS LCI(G)-220.	Ardie Hunt
82k	*LCI(G)-195, LCI(G)-233* and *LCI(G)-234* moored at Saei, Formosa (Taiwan), and surrounded by bumboats, circa 13 December 1945 to 1 April 1946.	Photo courtesy Robert M. Norris

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

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

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Last Updated 23 April 2004