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LCI(L)-1092 / LSIL-1092

USS LSIL-1092 was transferred to France redesignated L9032

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 Medal (with Asia clasp)

LCI(L)-1 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):

Laid down (date unknown) at Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, MI.

Launched (date unknown)

Commissioned USS LCI(L)-1092, 23 September 1944

During World War II LCI(L)-1092 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the:

Okinawa Gunto operation;
(a) Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 28 April to 30 June 1945

After World War II LCI(L)-1092 participated in;

Occupation duty in the Far East, 2 September to 16 December 1945
China service, 19 June 1945 to 10 May 1949
Minesweeping operations Pacific;
(a) Sasebo (Kyushu-Korea area) - 21 to 25 September 1945
(b) Tsushima Straits (Kyushu-Korea area) 12 to 20 October 1945
(c) Skagway (East China Sea-Ryukyus area) - 27 October to 5 November 1945

Decommissioned, (date unknown) and laid up in the Reserve Fleet

Reclassified Landing Ship Infantry Large LSIL-1092, 28 February 1949

Transferred under terms of the Mutual Defense Assistance Program to France for use in French Indo-China, 8 January 1951, redesignated L9032

Returned to US Naval custody (date unknown)

Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)

Final Disposition, fate unknown. LCI(L)-1092 earned two battle stars for WWII 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 two sets of 4 GM diesels, 4 per shaft, BHP 1,600, twin variable pitch propellers

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
	83k	*LCI(L)-1091* in mint condition shortly after being commissioned. Note that the bow of *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
	45k	From left to right, *LCI(L)-1092, LCS(L)(3)-54* and *LCS(L)(3)-42* in dry dock, place unknown, circa 1945.		Harold Tolmas RM2/c USS LCS(L)(3)-54 and the LCS Association

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association

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