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USS LCI(L)-2


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Juliet - Papa - Sierra
 NJPS
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Unit Commendation (3)
Second Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (5)
Third Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
LCI-1 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, 7 July 1942, at New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, N.J.
  • Launched, 5 September 1942
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-2, 9 October 1942
  • During World War II USS LCI(L)-2 was first assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater, LCI Flotilla Two and later to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

    Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaigns
    Campaigns and Dates Campaigns and Dates
    North African occupation
    Tunisian operations, 27 March to 9 July 1943    		 West coast of Italy operations 1944
    Anzio-Nettuno advanced landing, 22 January to 19 February 1944
    Sicilian occupation, 9 to 15 July 1943 Invasion of southern France, 15 August to 10 September 1944
    Salerno landings, 9 to 21 September 1943  

  • While assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater USS LCI(L)-2 came under the command of:
    LCI Flotilla Thirty-Seven, LCDR. J. P. Moore, USN;
     LCI Group One Hundred Ten, LT. G. A. Lyon, USN;
     LCI Division Two Hundred Nineteen
  • Following World War II USS LCI(L)-2 was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

    Navy Occupation Service Medal
    China Service Medal (extended)
    24 October to 1 December 194524 October to 1 December 1945

  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission for lay up in the National Defense Reserve Fleet;
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • USS LCI(L)-2 was awarded three Navy Unit Commendations for the Invasion of Sicily, 10 July 1943, the Salerno landings, 10 to 22 September 1943 and the Anzio landings, 22 January to 19 February 1944, and five battle stars for WWII service
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    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
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    LCI(L)-218 1976k From left to right, front row:
    USS LCI(L)-218,
    USS LCI(L)-35,
    USS LCI(L)-14,
    USS LCI(L)-326,
    USS LCI(L)-88,
    USS LCI(L)-91 and
    USS LCI(L)-229
    From left to right back row:
    USS LCI(L)-2,
    USS LCI(L)-90,
    USS LCI(L)-320,
    USS LCI(L)-16,
    USS LCI(L)-3,
    USS LCI(L)-213,
    USS LCI(L)-321,
    USS LCI(L)-4,
    USS LCI(L)-86,
    USS LCI(L)-212,
    USS LCI(L)-217,
    USS LCI(L)-8,
    USS LCI(L)-83 and
    USS LCI(L)-94, massed at Bizerte, Tunisia, 6 July 1943 while loading troops for the invasion of Sicily.
    US Army Signal Corps photo # 176486, now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 Dave Kerr
    The history for USS LCI(L)-2 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 - Navy Log
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association
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