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USS LCI(R)-237
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 USS LCI(L)-237 (1943 - 1944)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - India - Kilo - Papa
 NIKP
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 (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal
LCI-1 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid Down, 10 January 1943, at New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber, N.J.
  • Launched, 30 January 1943
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-237, 5 February 1943
  • Reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Rockets) LCI(R)-237, 15 June 1944
  • During World War II USS LCI(L)-237 / LCI(R)-237 was first assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle Theater LCI Flotilla One and later to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater participating in the following campaigns:

    Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Sicilian occupation, 9 to 15 July 1943 Consolidation of the Southern Philippines
    Visayan Island landings, 26 March to 4 April 1945
    Salerno landings,, 9 to 21 September 1943 .
    West Coast of Italy operations-1944
    Elba and Pianosa landings, 17 June 1944     		.
    Invasion of Southern France, 15 to 26 August 1944 .

  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register in 1946
  • Custody transferred to the Maritime Commission, 18 February 1947, for disposal
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • USS LCI(L)-237 / LCI(R)-237 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(R) Complement 3 Officers, 31 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 .50 cal machine guns
    LCI(R) Armament one 40mm gun, four 20mm guns, two .50 cal machine guns, six 5" 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(L)-237 367k USS LCI(L)-237 at anchor, 10 July 1943, off the coast of Sicily. Jerry Gilmartin MMC(SW) USN Ret. Secretary AFMM LCI 713, Curator PT-658 Save the PT Boat Inc, courtesy Dennis Blocker LCI National Association Historian
    LCI(L)-237 39k USS LCI(L)-237 beached while unloading troops, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
    LCI(L)-237 70k USS LCI(L)-237 at Catania, Sicily after hitting a mine on 27 February 1944 in the Gulf of Taranto on a British Commando mission. Photo courtesy Joseph Callery SM1/c.
    LCI(L)-39 82k USS LCI(L)-39, USS LCI(L)-237, USS LCI(L)-221, USS LCI(L)-76 moored at Elbe Island, probably in June 1944. Ed Storey
    LCI(L)-237 858k Charles Flood firing twin .50 cal machine guns aboard USS LCI(R)-237, date and location unknown. Jerry Gilmartin MMC(SW) USN Ret. Secretary AFMM LCI 713, Curator PT-658 Save the PT Boat Inc, courtesy Dennis Blocker LCI National Association Historian
    The history for USS LCI(L)-237 / LCI(R)-237 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 - Navy Log
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association
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