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USS LCI(L)-965

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Yankee - Whiskey - India
NYWI

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation Medal (2)

LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):

Laid down, 4 March 1944, at Consolidated Steel Corp, Shipbuilding Div., Orange, TX.

Launched, 23 March 1944

Commissioned USS LCI(L)-965, 19 April 1944, LTjg. Arthur T. Wellman USNR in command

During World War II USS LCI(L)-965 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

Campaigns and Dates	Campaigns and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Leyte operations Leyte landings, 19 to 29 November 1944 Ormoc Bay landing, 7 and 8 December 1944	Luzon operation Mindoro landings, 12 to 18 December 1944
Consolidation and capture of Southern Philippines Visayan Island landings, 26 March 1945 Mindanao Island landings, 10 to 16 May 1945

Following World War II USS LCI(L)-965 was assigned to China Service from 22 November to 16 December 1945

Decommissioned, date unknown

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

USS LCI(L)-965 earned three battle stars for World War II service

Sold, 24 February 1947

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
	27k	USS LCI(L)-965 and USS LCI(L)-685 beached, date and location unknown.		Paul Carignan for his father SC 3/c Gerard Carignan USS LCI(L)-965

Commanding Officers
01	LTjg. Wellman, Arthur Thomas, USNR	19 April 1944 - 25 November 1945
02	LTjg. Steck Jr., John A., USNR	25 November 1945 - 19 March 1946
03	LTjg. Glascock Jr., Hardin R., USNR	19 March 1946 - 26 April 1946
04	ENS. Massey Jr., Eugene Starr, USNR	26 April 1946 - 29 May 1946
05	ENS. Erickson III, Daniel Hoffman, USNR	29 May 1946 - August 1946
06	ENS. Yost, H. F., USNR	00.08.1946 - ?


Courtesy Wolfgang Hechler

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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