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LCI(L)-957 / LCI(G)-957

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 (2) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippine Liberation Medal (2)
LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down (date unknown) at Consolidated Steel Orange TX.
  • Launched (date unknown);
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-957, 5 April 1944.
  • Reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Guns) LCI(G)-957,15 June 1944;
  • During World War II LCI(G)-957 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaigns and Dates Campaigns and Dates
    Leyte operation
    Leyte landings, 19 to 29 November 1944    		 Western New Guinea operations
    Cape Sansapor operation, 31 July to 1 August 1944
    Luzon operation
    Mindoro landings, 12 to 18 Dec 1944    		 .

  • Classification reverted to Landing Craft Infantry (Large) LCI(L)-957, 10 September 1945
  • Decommissioned, (date unknown)
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1946 Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 19 January 1948 Final Disposition, fate unknown LCI(G)-957 received two battle stars for WWII service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 246 t.(light), 264 t. (landing), 419 t.(loaded)
    Length 158' 5 1/2"
    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 three 40mm guns (one bow mount, two forward gun deck), four 20mm guns (two well deck, two aft gun deck), four .50cal machine guns (two aft of conn, two fantail), 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(L)-519 58k LCI(L)-519 and LCI(G)-957 landing 6th Division troops on the beach at Sansapor, New Guinea. 30 July 1944. Bill Brinkley
    LCI(L)-955/956/957 136k LCI(L)-955, LCI(L)-956 and LCI(L)-957 along with nine other LCIs (including LCI(L)-960) in Drydock #3 at Navy Yard, Long Beach, CA., September 1945.
    US Navy photo from the Long Beach Navy Yard newspaper "Drydock Digest", dated 12 September 1945    		 Michael J. O'Toole USS LCI(L)-960
    The history for LCI(L)-957 / LCI(G)-957 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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