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LCI(L)-328

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is top to bottom, from left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (4) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippine Liberation Medal
LCI(L)-1 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down (date unknown) at Brown Shipbuilding Houston, TX.
  • Launched (date unknown)
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-328, 31 October 1942
  • During World War II LCI(L)-328 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater. LCI Flotilla 22, and participated in the:
  • Following World War II, LCI(L)-328 was reassigned to Commander Service Force, Pacific
  • Decommissioned, (date unknown)
  • Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, sold, 10 November 1945, fate unknown
  • LCI(L)-328 earned four battle stars for service in WWII
    Specifications:
  • Displacement 216 t.(light), 234 t.(landing), 389 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 2 officer, 21 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, four single 20mm guns one forward, one amidship, two aft, later added two .50 cal machine guns
  • 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)-328/343 36k From left to right, LCI(L)-332, LCI(L)-335, and LCI(L)-328 embarking US troops and supplies at Rendova in the Solomon Islands in February 1943.
    US Navy photo    		 Patricia Smith for her father-in-law, LTjg. Christopher J. Smith, USNR, CO USS LCI(FF)-575, XO USS LCI(L)-335
    LCI(L)-328 27k LCI(L)-328, left and LCI(L)-336 at right, embarking troops, at Rendova in the Solomon Islands, 30 June 1943. Hyperwar US Navy in World War II
    The history for LCI(L)-328 is from USS LCI "Landing Craft Infantry", Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1995. (ISBN 1-56311-262-0)
    View the history of LCI Flotilla 22
    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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