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USS LCI(L)-332

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Juliet - Romeo - Echo
NJRE

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, at Brown Ship Building, Houston, TX.

Launched, 26 September 1942

Commissioned USS LCI(L)-332, 17 November 1942

During World War II USS LCI(L)-332 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
Landing Force Flotillas-SoPacFor;
LCI Flotilla Five;
LCI Group Fourteen; and
For Okinawa and Minesweeping Operations, Pacific USS LCI(L)-332, 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:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
New Georgia Group operation New Georgia-Rendova-Vangunu occupation, 30 June and 4 July 1943 Vella Lavella occupation, 15 August 1943	Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 18 to 30 June 1945
Treasury-Bougainville operation Treasury Island landing, 1 November 1943	Minesweeping operations - Pacific Wakanoura Kii (Honshu area), 13 to 24 September 1945 Skagway (East China Sea-Ryukyus area), 27 October to 5 November 1945

USS LCI(L)-332 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from, 2 September to 14 December 1945

USS LCI(L)-332 was assigned to Joint Task Force 1, Task Unit 1.2.5 (Target Vessels - Landing Craft Units - LCI Group 7 (LCI GRU 7) for Operation Crossroads the atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll in July 1946

Decommissioned, date unknown

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

USS LCI(L)-332 earned four battle stars for World War II service

Final Disposition, used as a target for Operations Crossroads Atomic Bomb Test at Bikini Atoll, scuttled off Kwajalein, 28 September 1947

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

Size	Image Description	Source
6k	USS LCI(L)-332 beached, date and location unknown.	Bill Brinkley
73k	USS LCI(L)-332 crew photo at Florida Island, June 1943. Bottom Row - left to right Vergil Pederson - S1/c - MN. Roy Wilks - Phm1/c - S.C. Scott Welch - QM3/c - OK. Joseph Laurer F2/c - Sterling, CO. Middle Row - left to right Jay Walker - MoMM3/c - S.C. Joe Zawislak - MoMM3/c - Pittsburgh, PA. Clyde Meridith MoMM3/c - Haines City, FL. Top Row - left to right J.D. Walker - F1/c - Louisville, KY. William (Molly) Mulligan F1/c - MN. James Henry Brooks SM1/c - Pittsburgh, PA. Johnny Prehara Cox(BM2/c - IL. Harold E. Hogan SC2/c - OH. Joel Listured S1/c - MN. Torrence Sheets MoMM3/c CA. Roland Crookshank GM2/c - WVA.	Harold E. Hogan USS LCI(L)-332
96k	USS LCI(L)-332 crew photo at Florida Island, June 1943. Bottom Row - left to right Marty Broverman EM2/c - CA. George Rodgers CMoMM - PA. Joe Zawislak MoMM2/c - Pittsburgh, PA. Robert Sheehan EM3/c - MI. Top Row - left to right Frank Durnat MoMM2/c - Brodenton, FL. J.D. Walker MoMM3/c S.C. William (Molly) Mulligan F1/c - MN.	Harold E. Hogan USS LCI(L)-332
78k	USS LCI(L)-332 crew photo at Florida Island, June 1943. Bottom Row - left to right Jonny Prehara BM2/c - IL. James Wheatley BM2/c - Pittsburgh, PA. Top Row - left to right Scott Walch EM3/c - OK. Patrick Henry Weaner S2/c - Detroit, MI.	Harold E. Hogan USS LCI(L)-332
80k	USS LCI(L)-332 crew photo at Florida Island, June 1943. Bottom Row - left to right Robert Sheehan EM3/c MI. Johnny Odgers BM2/c - WA. Tony Ritz (Chico) SM3/c CA. Top Row - left to right - Jack Dale Boyenton QM2/c - MI. Roland Crookshank GM2/c - WVA. Edward (Eddie) Karpinen RM2/c - MA. Robert E. Hoger SM3/c - PA. Joel Listured S1/c - MN.	Harold E. Hogan USS LCI(L)-332
36k	From left to right, USS LCI(L)-332, USS LCI(L)-335, and USS 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

Commanding Officers
01	LTjg. Reynolds, Thomas Emmett, USNR	no dates


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

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USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association

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