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USS LCI(L)-1097


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Zulu - Uniform - Uniform
 NZUU
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia clasp)
LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, date unknown, at Defoe Shipbuilding, Bay City, MI.
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-1097, 17 October 1944
  • During World War II USS LCI(L)-1097 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates
    Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 8 to 30 June 1945

  • Following World War II USS LCI(L)-1097 performed Occupation duty in the Far East from 2 September 1945 to 2 April 1946
  • Decommissioned in October 1953
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Florida Group, Green Cove Springs
  • Struck from the Naval Register in 1956
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • LCI(L)-1097 received one battle star for World War II 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.
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    LCI(L)-1097 502k LCI(L)-1097 and USS LST(H)-652 moored pierside, probably Navy 27 October 1946, location unknown. US Navy photo courtesy Floating Drydock .
    The history for LCI(L)-1097 is from USS LCI "Landing Craft Infantry", Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1995. (ISBN 1-56311-262-0)
    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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    Last Updated 25 April 2008