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LCI(L)-948 / LCI(G)-948


Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Yankee - Sierra - India
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(G)-948 was transferred to the Netherlands, named HNLMS Ijsvogel later transferred to Indonesia and renamed KRI Baruna
LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down at Consolidated Steel Corp, Shipbuilding Div., Orange, TX. in 1944
  • Launched, (date unknown)
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-948, 24 March 1944
  • Reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Gunboat) LCI(G)-948, 15 July 1945
  • During World War II LCI(L)-948 was assigned to the European and participated in the following campaign:
  • Decommissioned, circa 1945-46
  • Struck from the Naval Register, circa 1945-46
  • Transferred to the State Department, 30 May 1946, for disposal
  • Transferred to the Netherlands in 1946, named HNLMS Ijsvogel
  • Handed over to the Dutch East Indies government on the formation of the Indonesian Navy in 1950, renamed KRI Baruna
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • LCI(L)-948 received 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
    LCI(L) Complement 4 Officers, 24 Enlisted
    LCI(G) Complement 5 Officers, 65 Enlisted
    LCI(L) Troop Capacity 6 Officers, 182 Enlisted
    LCI(L) 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
    LCI(G) Armament two 40mm guns, four 20mm guns, six .50cal machine guns, ten MK7 rocket launchers
    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-78 69k From left to right ;
    LCI(G)-78,
    LCI(G)-407    ,
    LCI(G)-473,
    LCI(G)-366
    LCI(G)-77
    LCI(G)-948
    LCI(L)-38
    LCI(G)-546
    LCI(G)-440
    LCI(G)-439     moored in a nest at Pearl Harbor, July 1945.
    Photo from the LCI National Association's Newsletter "The Elsie Item", June 1996 issue.    		 Ardie Hunt
    The history for LCI(L)-948 / LCI(G)-948 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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