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USS LCI(L)-1006

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Zulu - Echo - Kilo
NZEK

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

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

USS LCI(L)-1006 also served in the Dominican Republic Navy as Paradise (BDI-103)

LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):

Laid down, 25 April 1944, at Consolidated Steel Corp, Shipbuilding Div., Orange, TX.

Launched, 6 may 1944

Commissioned USS LCI(L)-1006, 19 June 1944

During World War II USS LCI(L)-1006 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Leyte operation Leyte landings, 28 and 29 November 1944	Consolidation and capture of the southern Philippines Mindanao Island landings, 10 March 1945 Zulu Archipelago landings, 9 to 11 April 1945

Decommissioned in 1947, date unknown

Struck from the Naval Register in 1947

USS LCI(L)-1006 earned two battle stars for World War II service

Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 4 August 1947

Sold by the Maritime Commission in August-September 1947, named Maximum Go'mez, flag unknown

Confiscated by Cuban Navy in September 1947 as part of attempted rebellion in Dominican Republic

Sold to Guatemalan shipping company, date unknown, renamed Quetzal

Seized by Dominican Republic, 25 July 1951, for violation of Dominican territorial waters

Commissioned into the Dominican Republic Navy as Paradise (BDT-103)

Placed out of service by the Dominican Republic Navy in 1959

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
1015100601	205k	USS LCI(L)-1006 underway, probably while transiting the Panama Canal circa 1947.		Julie Jacobs for her grandfather Clifford Godwin LCI(L)-1006

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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Last Updated 25 September 2020