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USS LCI(L)-325

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Juliet - Oscar - Whiskey
NJOW

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, 6 June 1944 - Invasion of Normandy)
Second Row - Coast Guard Unit Commendation - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (4)
Third Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

USS LCI(L)-325 was manned by the US Coast Guard

LCI-1 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):

Laid down, 21 December 1942, at Brown Shipbuilding Corp, Houston, TX.

Launched, 29 January 1943

Commissioned USS LCI(L)-325, 12 February 1943, at Orange, TX., LT William V. Lorimer, USCGR in command

During World War II USS LCI(L)-325 was first assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater, LCI Flotillas Four and Ten, CAPT. M. E. Imlay, USCG in command and subsequently was reassigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign	Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
Campaigns and Dates	Campaign and Dates
North African occupation Tunisian operations, 1 June to 9 July 1943	Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 29 May to 30 June 1945
Sicilian occupation, 9 July 1943	Minesweeping operations - Pacific Wakanoura Kii (Honshu area), 12 to 24 September 1945 Klondike (East China Sea- Ryukyus Area), 26 October to 8 November 1945
Salerno landings, 9 September 1943
Invasion of Normandy, 6 to 25 June 1944

While assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater USS LCI(L)-325 came under the command of:
LCI Flotilla Thirty-Five, CDR. H. J. Wuensch, USCG;
LCI Group One Hundred Three, LCDR. B. A. Walliser, USCGR;
LCI Division Two Hundred Six

Following the War she proceeded to Wakayama and Sasebo, Japan for Mine Destruction duty followed by occupation service from 2 September to 8 November 1945

Decommissioned, 31 May 1946, at Mobile, AL.

Struck from the Naval Register in 1946

USS LCI(L)-325 earned six battle stars for World War II service

Final Disposition, sold, 13 December 1946, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 236 t.(light), 264 t.(landing), 419 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

4 officers

24 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

five single 20mm guns, one bow mounted, one each port and starboard forward of wheelhouse, one each port and starboard aft of wheelhouse

on some LCIs two .50 cal machine guns were added

Fuel Capacity

Diesel 860 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
	448k	USS LCI(L)-5 crew being briefed on coming operations (Normandy invasion - 6 June 1944). USS LCI(L)-3 is on their left and USS LCI(L)-4 on their right. Also, in the background across from them are USS LCI(L)-325, USS LCI(L)-326, and USS LCI(L)-8. Photo from the May 2014 issue of the USS LCI National Association's newsletter, "Elsie Item:, courtesy of Robert Wright Jr.	Ardie Hunt
	131k	USS LCI(L)-325's stern is visible in this photo as one of USS LCI(L)-5's 20mm gun crews provide a demonstration for two War Correspondents shortly before D-Day, 6 June 1944. Photo by the famed war correspondent Ernie Pyle.	Leo Maragni to the USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association
	96k	USS LCI(L)-325, USS LCI(L)-350, USS LCI(L)-326 and an unidentified LCI(L) of the Coast Guard Flotilla await orders in an English port prior the D-Day Invasion of Normandy, 6 June 1944. Image is a frame from an unknown film documentary.	Paulo Soukup
	119k	A convoy of Landing Craft Infantry (Large) sails across the English Channel toward the Normandy Invasion beaches on "D-Day", 6 June 1944. Each of these landing craft is towing a barrage balloon for protection against low-flying German aircraft. Among the LCI(L)s present are USS LCI(L)-325 and USS LCI(L)-4. US National Archives photo # 26-G-2333 from the National Archives US Coast Guard Collection	Robert Hurst
1015032503	208k	LCI's, including USS LCI(L)-325, in column, protected by barrage balloons against low flying Nazi strafers, advance across the English Channel toward the Normandy beachhead, 6 June 1944. US National Archives Identifier 12003960, a US Coast Guard photo.	David Upton
1015008303	422k	USS LCI(L)-325 and USS LCI(L)-83 were among the Coast Guard manned LCI(L)s visited by VADM.Russell R. Waesche, (front) Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, seen here going ashore at Dartmouth, England, in October 1944. Speaking briefly to the officers and crew of the LCIs, VADM Waesche praised their valiant services in three major invasions; (Sicily, Salerno and Normandy. Going ashore with the Commandant are: CAPT. A. C. Richmond, Senior Coast Guard Officer in London; CAPT. Miles H. Imlay, Commanding Officer of American LCI (L)s in the ETO; and CDR. Aden C. Unger, acting LCI(L) flotilla Ten commander. National Archives Identifier 205589417, Flotilla 10 Oct. War Diary, US Coast Guard Photo # 2801.	David Upton
	377k	USS LCI(L)-325, and USS LCI(L)-350 with other LCIs returning to the U.S. after war service in European waters in 1944-45. US National Archives, Photo # 26-G-2992, a US Coast Guard photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.	Mike Green

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Lorimer, William V., USCGR	12 February 1943 - 29 November 1944
02	LT. Clingman Jr., William F., USCGR	29 November 1944 - 7 January 1946
03	LTjg. Grist, J. D., USCGR	7 January 1946 - 8 March 1946
04	ENS. Pardis, William H., USCG	8 March 1946 - 31 May 1946


Courtesy US Coast Guard Historian's Office

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