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USS LCI(G)-961
ex
 USS LCI(L)-961 (1944)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Yankee - Victor - Tango
 NYVT
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal
LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, 23 February 1944, at Consolidated Steel Corp, Shipbuilding Div., Orange, TX.
  • Launched, 20 March 1944
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-961, 12 April 1944
  • Reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Gunboat) LCI(G)-961 in 1944
  • During World War II USS LCI(L)-961 / LCI(G)-961 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the following campaign:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Date
    Western New Guinea operations
    Cape Sansapor operation, 21 July and 1 August 1944
  • Classification reverted to Landing Craft Infantry (Large) LCI(L)-961, 10 September 1945
  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 3 October 1947
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • USS LCI(L)-961 / LCI(G)-961 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
    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 gun mounts, 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 AA gun mounts
    four 20mm AA gun mounts
    six .50cal machine guns
    ten MK7 rocket launchers
    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
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    LCI(L)-961 249k USS LCI(G)-961 unloading troops Cape Sansapor, late July early-August 1944.
    U.S. Navy Photo 127-9    		 Tom Kermen
    LCI(L)-1060
    1015106001    		 382k Eight LCIs from right to left:
    USS LCI(G)-1060;
    USS LCI(G)-1018;
    USS LCI(G)-964;
    USS LCI(G)-1016;
    USS LCI(G)-1017;
    USS LCI(G)-961;
    USS LCI(L)-982;
    USS LCI(G)-1015; nest together, location unknown, circa 1945.
    US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 74313    		 Darryl Baker
    The history for USS LCI(L)-961 / USS LCI(G)-961 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
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association
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