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USS LCI(L)-1064

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Zulu - Papa - Kilo
NZPK

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, 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(L)-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):

Laid down, 23 April 1944, at DeFoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, MI.

Launched, 7 May 1944

Commissioned USS LCI(L)-1064, 15 May 1944, at US Coast Guard Station Bay City, MI.

During World War II USS LCI(L)-1064 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LCI Flotilla Fifteen;
LCI Group Forty-Four;
LCI Division Eighty-Eight; and participated in the following campaigns:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Leyte operations Leyte landings, 16 October to 29 November 1944 Ormoc Bay landing, 7 and 8 December 1944 Mindoro, 15 December 1944	Consolidation and capture of the Southern Philippines Visayan Island landings, 18 March to 1 April 1945 Panay, 18 to 28 March 1945 Negros, 29 March 1945
Luzon operations Mindoro landings - 12 to 18 December 1944	Manila Bay-Bicol operations Nasugbu, 31 January 1945

Following World War II USS LCI(L)-1064 was assigned to Occupation and China Service in the Far East from 8 September to 16 December 1945

Decommissioned, 6 June 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, 15 August 1946

USS LCI(L)-1064 earned four battle stars for service in WWII

Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 29 September 1947, for disposal

Final Disposition, sold, date unknown, to Hovden Food Products, Corp., Monterey, CA.

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
	48k	USS LCI(L)-1064 at Bay City, MI, 20 May 1944.		Paul Heitkamp MoMM 3/c USS LCI(L)-1064
	157k	Various LCIs including USS LCI(L)-1018 and USS LCI(G)-1064) disembarking Company "I" 185th infantry 40th Division Palupandan, Negros, P.I., 29 March 1945		John DeNoma

USS LCI(L)-1064
History by Paul Heitkamp MoMM3/c USS LCI(L)-1064

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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