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USS LSIL-818
ex
 USS LCI(L)-818 (1944 - 1949)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Whiskey - Romeo - Kilo
 NWRK
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)

USS LSIL-818 was transferred to France, redesignated L9031
LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, 21 August 1944, at New Jersey Ship Building Co., Barber, N.J.
  • Launched, 21 September 1944
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-818, 26 September 1944
  • During World War II USS LCI(L)-818 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the following campaigns:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaigns and Dates Campaigns and Dates
    Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 28 April to 30 June 1945     		Minesweeping operations-Pacific
    Bungo-Suido (Honshu area), 22 September to 20 October 1945
    Skagway (East China Sea-Ryukyus area), 4 to 9 November 1945
    Tsushima Straits (Kyushu-Korea area), 20 to 26 November 1945

  • Following World War II USS LCI(L)-818 performed occupation duty in the Far East, 2 September to 16 December 1945
  • Decommissioned, date unknown, and laid up in the Reserve Fleet
  • Reclassified Landing Ship Infantry Large LSIL-818, 28 February 1949
  • Transferred under terms of the Mutual Defense Assistance Program to France for use in French Indo-China, 8 January 1951, redesignated L9031
  • Returned to US Naval custody, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • USS LCI(L)-818 earned two 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)-818
    Click on photo for additional Naval Reserve Training Photos    		 115k USS LCI(L)-818 at anchor, date and location unknown. Note she has been stripped of her armament except for one 20mm gun mount aft. She is probably in use as a Naval Reserve Training Ship. Jim Geldert
    The history for USS LCI(L)-818 / LSIL-818 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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