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USS LCI(L)-972


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Yankee - Yankee - Hotel

NYYH
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended)
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (4)- World War II Victory Medal
Third Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation Medal (2)


LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, 9 March 1944, at Consolidated Steel Corp, Shipbuilding Div., Orange, TX.
  • Launched, 31 March 1944
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-972, 27 April 1944
  • During World War II USS LCI(L)-972 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns;

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaigns Campaigns
    Leyte operation
    Leyte landings - 5 to 29 November 1944
    Ormoc Bay landing - 7 and 8 December 1944
    Manila Bay-Bicol operations
    Nasugbu - 31 January 1945
    Luzon operation
    Mindoro landings - 12 to 18 December 1944
    Consolidation and capture of the Southern Philippines
    Palawan Island landings - 28 February 1945
    Visayan Island landings - 26 March to 20 April 1945

  • Following World War II USS LCI(L)-972 was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following period:

    Navy Occupation Service Medal

    China Service Medal (extended)
    8 September to 16 December 19458 September to 16 December 1945

  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • USS LCI(L)-972 earned four 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

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    LCI(L)-972
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    239k USS LCI(L)-972 under way coming alongside USS Russell (DD-414), 31 January 1945. Russell is escorting an LCI force from the Leyte area to Nasugbu to take part in the operation there.
    Photos from the collection of LTjg. Edwin H. Klump Jr. USS Russell
    1015097201 contributed by James Madson, courtesy Mrs. Rebecca Klump Cottrell
    1015097202 and 1015097203 contributed by John Chiqouine
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    LCI(L)-972
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    The history for USS LCI(L)-972 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

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    USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association
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