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USS LCI(L)-223


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Bravo - Zulu - Yankee
 NBZY
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 (3) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
LCI-1 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, 21 October 1942, George Lawley & Sons, Neponset, MA.
  • Launched, 26 November 1942)
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-223, 8 December 1942
  • During World War II USS LCI(L)-223 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LCI Flotilla Nineteen, LCDR. E.G. Folger;
     LCI Group Fifty-One, LCDR. S.J. Kelley ;
     LCI Division One Hundred Nine, and participated in the following campaigns:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaigns and Dates Campaigns and Dates
    New Georgia Group operations
    New Georgia-Rendova-Vangunu occupation, 39 June 1943     		Minesweeping operations-Pacific
    Sasebo (Kyushu-Korea area), 9 to 13 September 1945
    Tsushima Straits (Kyushu-Korea area) 12 to 20 October 1945
    Skagway (East China Sea-Ryukyus area) 27 October to 1 November 1945
    Okinawa Gunto operations
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 18 to 30 June 1945     		 
  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • USS LCI(L)-223 earned three battle stars for World War II service
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 6 March 1948
  • 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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    The history for LCI(L)-223 is from USS 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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