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LCI(L)-237 / LCI(R)-237

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 (1)
LCI-1 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid Down (date unknown) at New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber, N.J.
  • Launched (date unknown)
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-237, 5 February 1943
  • Reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Rockets) LCI(R)-237, 15 June 1944
  • During World War II LCI(L)-237 / LCI(R)-237 was assigned to the European Theater LCI Flotilla 1 and participated in the:
  • LCI(R)-237 was reassigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the:
  • 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
  • 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 39k LCI(L)-237 beached while unloading troops, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
    LCI(L)-237 70k LCI(L)-237 at Catania, Sicily after hitting a mine on 27 February 1944 in the Gulf of Taranto on a British Commando mission. beached while unloading troops, date and place unknown. Photo courtesy Joseph Callery SM1/c.
    LCI(L)-39 82k LCI(L)-39, LCI(L)-237, LCI(L)-221, LCI(L)-76 moored at Elbe Island, date unknown. Ed Storey
    The history for 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
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association
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