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USS LCI(L)-1090

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Uniform - Uniform
NVUU

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):

Laid down, 28 August 1944, at Defoe Ship Building Co., Bay City, MI.

Launched, 9 September 1944

Commissioned USS LCI(L)-1090, 14 September 1944, LT. T. M. Janeway USNR in command

During World War II USS LCI(L)-1090 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign3:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 28 April to 30 June 1945	Minesweeping operations-Pacific Nagoya (Honshu area), 28 September to 25 October 1945 Kochi-Shikoku (Honshu area), 8 to 16 September 1945

Following service in the Southwest Pacific Theater of Operations USS LCI(L)-1090 was assigned to:
LCI Flotilla Nineteen, LCDR. E. C. Floger;
LCI Group Fifty-Six, LTjg. C. M. Reese USNR;
LCI Division One Hundred Eleven

Following World War II USS LCI(L)-1090 was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
2 September to 16 December 1945	19 June 1946 to 1 September 1947

Decommissioned, 30 June 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

USS LCI(L)-1090 earned two battle stars for World War II service.

Sold, 9 December 1950

Registered in 1956 by Jack W. Wilson Seattle, WA. as freight barge C.B. 1090

Final Disposition, abandoned in 1957

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
	40k	USS LCI(L)-1090 partial crew photo, date and location unknown.		Robert Morrissey

Commanding Officers
01	LT. Janeway, T. M. USNR	14 September 1944 - ?

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 17 November 2023