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USS LCI(L)-1025


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Zulu - Hotel - Tango
NZHT
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 - Philippine Liberation Medal (1)

USS LCI(L)-1025 was transferred to Chile, named Eduardo LLanos (LCI-98)
LCI(L)-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, 22 March 1944, at Albina Engine and Machinery Works, Portland OR.
  • Launched, 6 May 1944
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-1025, 12 June 1944
  • During WWII USS LCI(L)-1025 was assigned to Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Consolidation and capture of the Southern Philippines
    Mindanao Island landings, 10 to 11 March 1945     		Borneo operations
    Tarakan Island operation, 27 April to 5 May 1945
    Balikpapan operation, 26 June to 6 July 1945

  • Decommissioned in 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register in 1947
  • USS LCI(L)-1025 earned two battle stars for World War II service
  • Transferred to the State Department for disposal, 20 March 1947, to Chile, renamed Eduardo LLanos (LCI-98)
  • Modernized by the Chilean Navy in 2006
  • 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
    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 kts; 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 800 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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    USS LCI(L)-1025
    LCI(L)-624/700/1025 54k From left to right; USS LCI(L)-700, USS LCI(L)-624 and USS LCI(L)-1025 nested, along the starboard side of a larger ship, possibly a tender, date and location unknown. Bill Brinkley
    >LCI(L)-712
    1015071202    		 330k USS LCI(L)-1025 and USS LCI-712 unloading Australian troops and equipment on Green Beach Balikpapan-Manggar Area, Borneo, 1 July 1945.
    COMTASK-GROUP 78.2 - Report of the assault landings in the Balikpapan-Manggar Area, Borneo, 6/15/45-7/7/45 page 128. U.S. National Archives and Records Administration Identifier 83523931    		 David Upton
    Eduardo LLanos (LCI-98)
    LCI(L)-1025 40k Ex-USS LCI(L)-1025 underway as the Chilean Navy's Landing Craft Infantry Eduardo LLanos (LCI-98) underway, date and location .
    Official Chilean Navy photo.    		 Robert Hurst
    LCI(L)-1025 105k Eduardo LLanos (LCI-98) underway, circa 1964, location unkown.
    Official Chilean Navy photo.    		 Robert Hurst
    LCI(L)-1025 85k Eduardo LLanos (LCI-98) underway, circa 1964, location unknown.
    Official Chilean Navy photo.    		 Tommy Trampp
    The history for LCI(L)-1025 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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