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USS LCI(R)-1077
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USS LCI(L)-1077 (1944 - 1945)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Zulu - Romeo - Romeo
NZRR

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, Iwo Jima) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia clasp)

LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):

Laid down, 27 June 1944, at DeFoe Ship Building Co., Bay City MI.

Launched, 11 July 1944

Commissioned USS LCI(L)-1077, 15 July 1944. LTjg. George N. Armstrong, USNR in command

Reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Rocket), LCI(R)-1077, 15 March 1945, .

During World War II USS LCI(L)-1077 / LCI(R)-1077 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LCI Flotilla Sixteen, CDR. C.E. Coffin USN (27);
LCI Group Forty-Eight, LCDR. F. Thompson Jr.;
LCI Division Ninety-Five and participated in the following campaigns/actions:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Iwo Jima operation Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, 19 to 26 February 1945	Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 26 March to 30 June 1945

Following World War II USS LCI(R)-1077 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 1 September to 12 November 1945

Decommissioned, date unknown

Struck from the Naval Register, 20 March 1946

LCI(L)-1077 earned one battle star and LCI(R)-1077 earned one battle star for World War II service

Final Disposition, sold, 4 December 1946, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 216 t.(light), 234 t.(landing); 389 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

LCI(L) Complement

3 Officers

21 Enlisted

LCI(R) Complement

3 Officers

31 Enlisted

LCI(L) Troop Capacity

6 Officers

182 Enlisted

LCI(L) 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

four single 20mm guns one forward, one amidship, two aft

two .50 cal machine guns

LCI(R) Armament

one 40mm bow mounted gun mount

four 20mm guns

two .50 cal machine guns

six 5" rocket launchers

Fuel Capacity

Diesel 935 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
	434k	World War Two War Bond Drive poster (1944) featuring USS LCI(L)-1077	Tommy Trampp
	30k	USS LCI(L)-1077 under way, date and location unknown. US Navy photo.	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
	121k	Aerial view of the Iwo Jima beachhead, circa February 1945. Ships that can be can identified include USS LST-715, USS LST-790, USS LST-724, USS LST-224, USS LST-784 and USS LST-775. LSM's include USS LSM-242, USS LSM-140, USS LSM-47 and USS LSM-43. LCTs include *LCT-892* and *LCT-1029. The one lone LCI that is identifiable is USS LCI(L)-1077. USMC photo # 110582*	USS LSM / LSMR Association
	60k	USS LCI(L)-1077 and USS LCI(L)-707 along with other Flotilla 21 ships provide fire support for the Iwo Jima landings of 19 February 1945. The battleship in the background is unidentified.	Photo courtesy Larry Roth RM1/c and Lt(jg) Ross Fragle USS LCI(R)-1077.
	91k	USS LCI(L)-1077 at Iwo Jima, firing rockets, to support the assault of 19 February 1945.	Bill Brinkley
1015107706	675k	Unloading water cans from an LCM on Red Beach on D plus, 6 Day 25 February 1945. USS LCI(L)-1077 and *LCT(6)-1031* behind, on the beach at Iwo Jima, 25 February 1945. From COMTASKFOR 51 Photographic report of the Iwo Jima, Bonin Is. Operation page 52. NARA catalog ID 4697018.	David Upton
1015102450	98k	Chart of all LCI(R) rocket targets which bombarded the North and South flanks of the main amphibious landing on L-Day of Operation Iceberg, the invasion of Okinawa. These LCI(R)s belonged to Flotilla SIXTEEN (CDR C.E. Coffin, Jr), referred to as Task Group 52.20, and comprised of 6 Task Groups, each in turn comprised of 6 LCI(R)s (for 36 LCIR)s total): South Flank: 52.20.1 - USS LCI(R)-642, USS LCI(R)-650, USS LCI(R)-707, USS LCI(R)-771, USS LCI(R)-772, USS LCI(R)-1077; 52.20.2 - USS LCI(R)-651, USS LCI(R)-708, USS LCI(R)-1028, USS LCI(R)-1029, USS LCI(R)-1030, USS LCI(R)-1078; In Reserve: 52.20.3 - USS LCI(R)-643, USS LCI(R)-644, USS LCI(R)-645, USS LCI(R)-646, USS LCI(R)-769, USS LCI(R)-770. North Flank: 52.20.4 - USS LCI(R)-647, USS LCI(R)-648, USS LCI(R)-649, USS LCI(R)-762, USS LCI(R)-763, USS LCI(R)-764; 52.20.5 - USS LCI(R)-785, USS LCI(R)-1024, USS LCI(R)-1026, USS LCI(R)-1068, USS LCI(R)-1069, USS LCI(R)-1070; 52.20.6 - USS LCI(R)-704, USS LCI(R)-705, USS LCI(R)-706, USS LCI(R)-765, USS LCI(R)-766, USS LCI(R)-767;	LCDR. Gary Frogner, USN Ret. for his father ENS. Louis Frogner, USNR Engineering Officer LCI(R)-1024
	70k	USS LCI(R)-1077 crew photo, date unknown.	Bill Brinkley