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USS LCI(L)-821

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Whiskey - Sierra - Echo
NWSE

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, 7 May 1945 Palau Islands) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia clasp)
Individual Awards

Purple Heart (1-KIA, 8 WIA, 7 May 1945 Palau Islands)

LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):

Laid down, 24 August 1944, at New Jersey Ship Building Corp., Barber N.J.

Launched, 23 September 1944

Commissioned USS LCI(L)-821, 30 September 1944

During World War II USS LCI(L)-821 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LCI Flotilla Thirteen, CDR. M. B. Brown USN (33);
LCI Group Thirty-Nine, LT, N. S. Williams USNR;
LCI Division Seventy-Seven

Following World War II USS LCI(L)-821 was assigned to Occupation Service in the Far East, 21 October to 23 October 1945 and 30 October to 2 November 1945

Decommissioned, date unknown

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 26 January 1948

Final Disposition, fate unknown

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
	101k	Aboard *LCI(L)-821* Seaman First Class Johnny Risch (fourth from the left) stands between his mates on number three gun, Buddy Nokes and Earl Tennermann to receive Purple Heart medals at a ceremony aboard *LCI(L)-821, 4 August 1945. These men were wounded in action on 7 May 1945 at Palau Islands while defending one of the picket lines against infiltration by the Japanese. LCI(L)-821* 20mm guns were outranged by the enemy's field artillery, mortars, and 6-inch batteries. The *LCI(L)-821* lost her Executive Officer and a number of men, and several were wounded. Photo from LCI National Association's newsletter "The Elsie Item", Issue #47, January 2004. Photo courtesy of Ron Risch, for his father Johnny Risch USS LCI(L) 821)		Ardie Hunt

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

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association

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