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USS LCI(M)-1012
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USS LCI(G)-1012 (1944 - 1945)
USS LCI(L)-1012 (1944)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Zulu - Foxtrot - November
NZFN

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 (2) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia clasp)

LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):

Laid down, 9 May 1944, at Consolidated Steel Corp, Shipbuilding Div., Orange, TX.

Launched, 1 June 1944

Commissioned USS LCI(L)-1012, 28 June 1944, LT. J. C. Wilson USNR in command (May 1945)

Reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Gunboat) LCI(G)-1012, 31 December 1944

Reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Mortar) LCI(M)-1012, 30 April 1945

During World War II USS LCI(L)(G)(M)-1012 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LCI Flotilla Twenty-One, CDR. L. B. Balliere, USNR;
LCI Group Sixty-One, LCDR. W. T. Dom, USNR;
LCI Division One Hundred Twenty-Two and participated in the following campaigns

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Iwo Jima operation (as *LCI(G)-1012*) Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, 19 to 26 February 1945	Okinawa Gunto operation (as *LCI(G)-1012* and *LCI(M)-1012*) Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 26 March to 14 June 1945

Following World War II USS LCI(M)-1012 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 18 November 1945 to 15 April 1946

Decommissioned, date unknown

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

USS LCI(G)-1012 / LCI(M)-1012 earned two battles star for World War II service

Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 10 March 1948

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 246 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

LCI(L) Complement

4 Officers

24 Enlisted

LCI(G) Complement

5 Officers

65 Enlisted

LCI(M) Complement

4 Officers

49 Enlisted

LCI(L) Troop Capacity

6 Officers

182 Enlisted

LCI(L) 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 kts; 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

LCI(G) Armament

two 40mm guns

four 20mm guns

six .50cal machine guns

10 MK7 rocket launchers

LCI(M) Armament

one single 40mm gun, forward

four 20mm guns

three 4.2" chemical mortars mounted in three 4ft x 4ft wooden walled 2" x 6" high sand boxes on the well deck with the three tripod mortar tubes in position to fire forward over the bow, No. 2 Troop Compartment (under well deck) converted to a magazine

Fuel Capacity

Diesel 869 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
	130k	USS LCI(M)-1012 underway, forward view from conning tower, note the laundry hanging out to dry, date and location unknown. Photo by Dave Conrad LTjg. USNR, USS LCI(M)-1012	Submitted by Roy Hawk for Philip M. Dampf Jr. LTjg. USNR USS LCI(M)-1010
	68k	USS LCI(M)-1012 underway, aft view from conning tower, date and location unknown. Photo by Dave Conrad LTjg. USNR, USS LCI(M)-1012	Submitted by Roy Hawk for Philip M. Dampf Jr. LTjg. USNR USS LCI(M)-1010
	70k	USS LCI(M)-1012 in port, well deck view from the conning tower, note the laundry hanging out to dry, date and location unknown. Photo by Dave Conrad LTjg. USNR, USS LCI(M)-1012	Submitted by Roy Hawk for Philip M. Dampf Jr. LTjg. USNR USS LCI(M)-1010
	44k	USS LCI(M)-1012 at general quarters, date and location unknown. Photo by Dave Conrad LTjg. USNR, USS LCI(M)-1012	Submitted by Roy Hawk for Philip M. Dampf Jr. LTjg. USNR USS LCI(M)-1010
	63k	USS LCI(M)-1012 crew members connecting fueling hose in preparation for an underway refueling evolution, date and place unknown. Photo by Dave Conrad LTjg. USNR, USS LCI(M)-1012	Submitted by Roy Hawk for Philip M. Dampf Jr. LTjg. USNR USS LCI(M)-1010
	145k	USS LCI(M)-1012 crew members preparing for a refueling at sea evolution, date and location unknown. Photo by Dave Conrad LTjg. USNR, USS LCI(M)-1012	Submitted by Roy Hawk for Philip M. Dampf Jr. LTjg. USNR USS LCI(M)-1010
	123k	USS LCI(M)-1012 reloading ammunitions, date and location unknown. Photo by Dave Conrad LTjg. USNR, USS LCI(M)-1012	Submitted by Roy Hawk for Philip M. Dampf Jr. LTjg. USNR USS LCI(M)-1010
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	75k	USS LCI(M)-1012 and several other LCI's reloading ammunitions, date and location unknown. Photo by Dave Conrad LTjg. USNR, USS LCI(M)-1012	Submitted by Roy Hawk for Philip M. Dampf Jr. LTjg. USNR USS LCI(M)-1010
	88k	USS LCI(M)-1012 Signalman Fred Magiera and Capt. Wilson, date and location unknown. Photo by Dave Conrad LTjg. USNR, USS LCI(M)-1012	Submitted by Roy Hawk for Philip M. Dampf Jr. LTjg. USNR USS LCI(M)-1010
1015045520	132k	From right to left: USS LCI(G)-455 USS LCI(G)-41 USS LCI(M)-638 USS LCI(L)-1012 USS LCI(L)-640 USS LCI(M)-673 and USS LC(FF)-679 moored in a nest in San Diego Bay, circa early 1946. Photo from the USS LCI National Association's newsletter, the "Elsie Item", March 2019.	Ardie Hunt