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USS LSIL-1091
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USS LCI(L)-1091 (1944 - 1949)

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

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)
Second Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia clasp) - National Defense Service Medal
Third Row - Korean Service Medal (4) - United Nations Service Medal - Republic of Korea War Service Medal

LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):

Laid down, 31 August 1944, at Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, MI.

Launched, 14 September 1944

Commissioned USS LCI(L)-1091, 21 September 1944, LTjg. Henry S. Allen Jr. in command

During World War II USS LCIL-1091 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the following campaigns:

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

Following World War II USS LCI(L)-1091 performed occupation duty in the Far East, from 2 September to 16 December 1945

Redesignated Landing Ship Infantry (Large) LSIL-1091, 28 February 1949

During the Korean War USS LSI(L)-1091 participated in the following campaigns:

**Korean War Campaigns**
Campaigns and Dates	Campaigns and Dates
North Korean Aggression 13 March to 21 April 1951	Communist China Spring Offensive 22 April to 20 June 1951
Communist China Spring Offensive 22 April to 20 June 1951	Second Korean Winter 9 February to 20 March 1952

Converted to an Epidemiligial Control Ship in 1951

Decommissioned at Astoria, OR. in 1955

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

Sold for commercial use as a salmon cannery ship on the Yukon River in Alaska from1961 to 1985

Purchased by Dr. Ralph Davis in 1988 and moved to Eureka, CA. where she fished Albacore from 1995 to 2003

Current Disposition, donated to the Humboldt Bay Naval Sea/Air Museum at Eureka, CA. in December 2005

USS LSIL-1091 is currently the flagship of the USS LCI National Association and will be open to the public as a memorial ship in the spring of 2006 while she is undergoing restoration.

USS LCI(L)-1091 received two battle stars for World War II service and as LSIL-1091 received four battle stars for Korean War service

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
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
Armament five single 20mm guns two forward, one amidship, two aft, on some LCIs two .50 cal machine guns were added
Fuel Capacity 130 tons, lube oil 200 gal.
Propulsion

As Built - two sets of 4 GM diesels, 4 per shaft, BHP 1,600, twin variable pitch propellers

Current - two GM 12V-71's w/reverse gears, BHP 800, twin variable pitch propellers are now locked.

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
83k	USS LCI(L)-1091 in mint condition shortly after being commissioned. Note that the bow of USS LCI(L)-1092 is just visible astern of *LCI(L)-1091*. Photo from USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association 2004 calendar, courtesy of Sherman Anderson)	Ardie Hunt
16k	USS LCI(L)-1091 beached, date and location unknown.	Charles Jiardina for his father Louis Jiardina USS LCI(L)-1091
47k	USS LCI(L)-1091 three crew members, date and location unknown.	Charles Jiardina for his father Louis Jiardina USS LCI(L)-1091
46k	USS LCI(L)-1091 conning tower with two painted ladies above the hull number. One of the ladies was painted by Louis Jiardina.	Charles Jiardina for his father Louis Jiardina USS LCI(L)-1091
129k	USS LCI(L)-1091 in dry dock, date and location unknown.	Charles Jiardina for his father Louis Jiardina USS LCI(L)-1091
69k	USS LCI(L)-1091 beached during a training exercise at San Nicolas Island in 1944,	Henry Allen for his father LT. Henry S. Allen Jr. CO USS LCI(L)-1091
42k	USS LSIL-1091 at Koje-do, Korea. circa 1951	Submitted by Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret Source, "Naval Institute Proceedings", March 2001 Courtesy Virginia Martin
70k	USS LSIL-1091 alongside an unidentified APL, date and location unknown. US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, April 1953.	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
86k	Ex USS LCI(L)-1091 moored at Eureka CA., 30 May 1996.	USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association
69k	Ex-USS LCI(L)-1091 underway in Humboldt Bay at the California State Reunion in Eureka, 6 June 2002.	Photo courtesy Captain Ralph & 1st Mate Bobbie Jo Davis
194k	Ex-USS LCI(L)-1091 moored in Humboldt Bay, CA. date unknown. Photo copyright Eureka Times-Standard	Richard Christen