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USS LCI(L)-330

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Juliet - Quebec - Mike
NJQM

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (4) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

LCI-1 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):

Laid down, 27 July 1942, Brown Ship Building Co., Houston, TX.

Launched, 22 September 1942

Commissioned USS LCI(L)-330, 9 November 1942

During World War II USS LCI(L)-330 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
Landing Force Flotillas-SoPacFor;
LCI Flotilla Five;
LCI Group Fourteen; and
For Minesweeping Operations, Pacific USS LCI(L)-330, ENS. J. C. Gale, USNR, in command, came under the command of;
LCI Flotilla Nineteen, LCDR. E. C. Folger;
LCI Group Fifty-Five, LCDR. S. J. Kelley USNR;
LCI Division One Hundred Nine and participated in the following campaigns:

**Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns**
Campaigns and Dates	Campaigns and Dates
New Georgia-Group operations Rendova-Vangunu occupation 4 July and 15 August 1943	Bismarck Archipelago operations Green Islands landing, 15 to 19 February 1944
Treasury-Bougainville operation Treasury Island landing, 27 October 1943 Choiseul Island diversion, 26 October to 4 November 1943	Minesweeping operations, Pacific Sasebo (Kyusau-Korea Area), 9 to 13 September 1945 Tsushima Straits (Kyushu-Korea Area) 2 to 8 November 1945

Following World War II USS LCI(L)-330 performed occupation service from 2 September to 14 December 1945

Decommissioned in 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, 8 May 1946

Sold, 10 November 1946, for commercial service

Renamed Siasconset (official #265851) and operated between Hyannis and Nantucket from 1954 to 1972, before going to the Great Lakes

Final Disposition, fate unknown

USS LCI(L)-330 earned four battle stars for World War II service

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
	240k	USS LCI(L)-330 crew photo, 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
1015032706	23,000k	US troops stream ashore from USS LCI(L)-327 USS LCI(L)-334, USS LCI(L)-330, USS LCI(L)-335, USS LCI(L)-328 and USS LCI(L)-336, between 30 June and 4 July 1943, to occupy Rendova Island in the drive by Marine and Army units which led to the capture of the Japanese air base at Munda Point. Rendova was then converted into an advanced base for further operations against Japanese strongholds in the Southwest Pacific. US National Archives Identifier 74250311 US Marine Corps photo Hdqtrs. No. 58041. June 30 - July 4 1943. National Archives ID 74250311.	David Upton
	833k	Rendova Beachhead, 4 July 1943. LCIs from left to right; unknown; USS LCI(L)-329, USS LCI(L)-334, USS LCI(L)-330, USS LCI(L)-335, USS LCI(L)-328 and USS LCI(L)-336 NARA photo # 18-N-52690 a US Navy photo now in the US National Archives collection.	Robert Morrissey, courtesy Dennis Blocker LCI National Association Historian
	1190k	USS LCI(L)-330 landing infantry reinforcements, Co. E, 2nd Bn, 161st Inf, 25th Division, at New Georgia Island., 22 July 1943. US National Archives photo # III-SC 186151, Box 199, a US Army Signal Corps photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.	Dave Kerr
	191k	New Zealanders board USS LCI(L)-330 at Guadalcanal, 25 October 1943, in preparation for a landing on Mono Island in the Treasury Islands.	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
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	169k	USS LCI(L)-330 at sea with New Zealand troops aboard heading to Mono Island, in the Treasury Islands, 26 October 1943.	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
	297k	USS LCI(L)-330 heading towards the beach during landings at Mono Island, in the Treasury Islands, 27 October 1943.	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
	313k	New Zealanders come ashore at Mono Island from USS LCI(L)-330, during landing operations, 27 October 1943.	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
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	320k	Troops unload USS LCI(L)-330 during landings at Mono Island, 27 October 1943.	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