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USS LSIL-971
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 USS LCI(L)-971 (1944 - 1949)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Yankee - Xray - Yankee
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

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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 (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, 8 March 1944, at Consolidated Steel Corp, Shipbuilding Div., Orange, TX.
  • Launched, 31 March 1944
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-971 in April 1944
  • During World War II USS LCI(L)-971 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Western New Guinea operation
    Morotai Landings, 15 September 1944

  • Following World War II USS LCI(L)-971 was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

    Navy Occupation Service Medal
    China Service Medal (extended)
    8 September to 16 December 19458 September to to 16 December 1945
  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Redesignated Landing Ship Infantry (Large) LSIL-971, 28 February 1949
  • Struck from the Naval Register in 1951
  • USS LCI(L)-971 earned one battle star for World War II 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)-971 25k USS LCI(L)-971 at anchor, date and location unknown. Edgar John Spears, RM2/c USN LCI(L)-971 13 August 1943 to 25 March 1946
    LST-1029 137k From left to right:
    USS LST-699,
    USS LST-558,
    USS LST-467,
    USS LST-1026 and
    USS LCI(L)-971 beached at New Guinea in July 1945.    		 Dave Cook for his father Richard C. Cook GM2 USS LST-1026
    LCI(L)-971 164k USS LCI(L)-971 crew, Shanghai, China, November 1945. Len Block, SM2/c LCI(L)-971
    LCI(L)-971 127k USS LCI(L)-971 underway on the Whangpoo River at Shanghai, China, 23 November 1945. Len Block, SM2/c LCI(L)-971
    The history for USS LCI(L)-971 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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