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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 and participated in the following campaigns:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaigns and Dates Campaigns and Dates
    New Georgia-Group operations
    Rendova-Vangunu occupation 4 July 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, date unknown
  • 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 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 3 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)-330 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
    LCI(L)-330 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
    LCI(L)-330 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
    LCI(L)-330 183k
    LCI(L)-330 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
    LCI(L)-330 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
    LCI(L)-330 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
    LCI(L)-330 327k
    LCI(L)-330 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
    The history for USS LCI(L)-330 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 - Navy Log
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association
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