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USS LCI(L)-943


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Yankee - Oscar - India
 NYOI
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1) - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

USS LCI(L)-943 was transferred to the Soviet Union, redesignated DS-43
LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, 15 January 1944, at Consolidated Steel, Orange TX.
  • Launched, 10 February 1944
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-943, 18 March 1944
  • *Departed Norfolk in a convoy bound for North Africa, Saturday, 23 May 1944
  • *Arrived, Bizerte, North Africa, 1 June 1944
  • *Homeported at Pozzuoli, Italy, near Naples
  • During World War II USS LCI(L)-943 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater and participated in the following campaign:
    Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign
    Campaign and Date
    Invasion of southern France, 15 August 1944
  • *Departed the Mediterranean in late November, 1944, bound for Jacksonville, FL., for overhaul
  • USS LCI(L)-943 was decommissioned and transferred as part of the Lend-Lease program to the Soviet Union at Cold Bay, AK., 10 June 1945, designated DS-43 by the Soviet Union
  • Struck from the Naval Register in 1955
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • USS LCI(L)-943 earned one battle star for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 246 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 kts; and 110 tons of fuel
    LCI(L) 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 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-943 114k LCIs moored at Bizerte, Tunisia, circa May 1944 (from left to right):
    USS LCI(L)-952,
    USS LCI(L)-39,
    USS LCI(L)-592,
    USS LCI(L)-595,
    USS LCI(L)-943,
    USS LCI(L)-529,
    USS LCI(L)-47, and
    USS LCI(L)-526    		 Photo by Robert W. Van Keuren CO USS LCI(L)-665
    LCI-943 114k LCI(L)-943 at Jacksonville, FL., December 1944. Photo and history entries (*) provided by Jim Foster Jr. USS LCI(L)-943 Radioman
    The history for USS LCI(L)-949 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
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association
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