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LCI(L)-1022 / LSIL-1022
AMCU-37 / MHC-37 Rail

Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign: November - Zulu - Hotel - Alpha
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
Bottom Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal - National Defense Service Medal - Philippine Liberation Medal (3)
LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, 3 March 1944, at Albina Engine and Machinery Works, Portland OR.
  • Launched, 17 April 1944
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-1022, 18 May 1944
  • During World War II LCI(L)-1022 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the:
  • Leyte operation;
    (a) Leyte landings, 5 to 29 November 1944
    (b) Ormoc Bay landings, 7 to 8 December 1944
  • Luzon operation;
    (a) Mindoro landings, 12 to 18 December 1944 <
  • Consolidation of the Southern Philippines;
    (a) Nasugbu, 18 March to 1 April 1945
  • Following World War II LCI(L)-1022 performed occupation duty in the Far East and China Service, 8 September to 16 December 1945
  • Decommissioned, 14 August 1946, at Mayport FL.
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Florida Group, Green Cove Springs, FL.
  • Designation changed to Landing Ship Infantry (Large) LSIL, 28 February 1949
  • Authorized for conversion to a Coastal Minesweeper (Underwater Locator), in Fiscal Year 1952
  • Contract for conversion placed with New York Naval Shipyard, Brooklyn, N.Y., 7 March 1952, conversion completed in September 1952
  • Commissioned Rail (AMCU-37), 13 September 1952
  • Redesignated Coastal Minehunter (MHC-37), 7 February 1955
  • Decommissioned, 13 October 1957, at New London, CT.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 January 1960
  • Sold (date unknown) to Tropicana Products Co., La Ceiba, Honduras, named Abaco-Admiral
  • Fate unknown. fate unknown
  • Rail (MHC-37) as LCI(L)-1022 earned three battle stars for World War II service
    LCI(L) 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
    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 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
    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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    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
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    Naval Minewarfare Association
    Association of Minemen
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