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USS LCI(L)-328


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Juliet - Papa - Victor
 NJPV
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 (1)
LCI(L)-1 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, 27 July 1942, at Brown Shipbuilding Corp., Houston, TX.
  • Launched, 12 September 1942
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-328, 31 October 1942
  • During World War II USS LCI(L)-328 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater, LCI Flotilla 22, and participated in the following campaigns:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    New Georgia Group operation
    New Georgia-Rendova-Vangunu occupation, 4 July 1943     		Western New Guinea operations
    Morotai landings, 15 September 1944
    Treasury-Bougainville operation
    Treasury Island landings, 1 November 1943
    Occupation and defense of Cape Torokina , 3 to 4 December 1943     		Luzon operation
    Lingayen Gulf landing, 9 to 18 January 1945

  • Following World War II, USS 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
  • USS 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
    one bow mounted single 20mm AA gun mount
    one each 20mm AA gun mount port and starboard forward of wheelhouse
    one each 20mm AA gun mount port and starboard aft of wheelhouse
    on some LCIs two .50 cal machine guns were added
    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 27k LCI(L)-328, left and LCI(L)-336 at right, puting troops ashore at Rendova in the Solomon Islands, 30 June 1943. Hyperwar US Navy in World War II
    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 1944.
    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
    The history for USS 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 - Navy Log
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association
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