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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

USS LCI(R)-237 reverted to Landing Craft Infantry (Large) LCI(L)-237, 17 September 1945

Decommissioned, date unknown

Struck from the Naval Register in 1946

Custody transferred to the Maritime Commission, 18 February 1947, for disposal

USS LCI(L)-237 / LCI(R)-237 earned five battle stars for World War II service

Final Disposition, fate unknown

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 bow mounted gun mount

four 20mm guns

two .50 cal machine guns

six 5" rocket launchers

Fuel Capacity

Diesel 935 Bbls

lube oil 200 gal

Propulsion

two sets of 4 General Motors 6051 series 71 Diesel engines, 4 per shaft

single General Motors Main reduction gears

two Diesel-drive 30Kw 120V D.C. Ship's Service Generators

twin variable pitch propellers, 2,320shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
	110k	USS LCI(L)-237, USS LCI(L)-326, USS LCI(L)-96 along with other LCI(L)s moored pierside at Naval Amphibious Base, Little Creek, VA., 23 March 1943, during visit by Prince Olav of Norway. To Prince Olav's right is Rear Admiral Kirk, Commander, Amphibious Force, US Atlantic Fleet. US National Archives Photo # 80-G-38805, a US Navy photo now in the custody of the US National Archives, College Park, MD.	Tracy White
101841304	290k	Landing supplies on one of the "Cent" force beaches, Scoglitti, Sicily, 10 July 1943. Note pile of "Jerry" cans in foreground. Landing craft present from left to right include *LCT(5)-413, LCT(5)-152, USS LCI-37* and USS LCI-237. The LCM at left is from *USS Florence Nightingale* (AP-70). A "DUKW" amphibious truck is in center. On the horizon from the left is LCT(5)-434 and LCT(5)-136*. U.S. Naval History and Heritage Command, Catalog #80-G-87509*, from the collections of the U.S. National Archives.	David Upton
	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
	39k	USS LCI(L)-237 beached while unloading troops, date and location unknown. US Navy photo	Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
	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.
	82k	Moroccan troops aboard landing craft at Porto Vecchio, Corsica, going to Elbe, 16 June 1944; USS LCI(L)-39, USS LCI(L)-237, USS LCI(L)-221, USS LCI(L)-76.	Ed Storey
1015023706	223k	Another view of Moroccan troops aboard landing craft at Porto Vecchio, Corsica, going to Elbe, 16 June 1944; USS LCI(L)-39, USS LCI(L)-237, USS LCI(L)-221 and not visible, USS LCI(L)-76 U.S Army Pictorial Service photo # MM-44-1451	Thierry de Villeneuve la Colette
	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
	52k	During Operation “Dragoon”, (Invasion of Southern France) USS LCI(R)-237 landed personnel of the US Army's 95th Evacuation Hospital, part of the “Alpha” Attack Force, in Cavalaire Bay, Southern France on 15 August 1944.	Tommy Trampp