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USS LCI(L)-320

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Juliet - November - Whiskey NJNW

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom. left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, 6 June 1944 Invasion of Normandy)
Second Row - Coast Guard Unit Commendation - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (4)
Third Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

USS LCI(L)-320 was manned by the US Coast Guard

LCI-1 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):

Laid down, 26 November 1942, at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, TX.

Launched, 21 December 1942

Commissioned USS LCI(L)-320, 8 February 1943, with a Coast Guard crew. LTjg William K. Scammel, Jr. USCG, in command

Succeeding Commanding Officers

LTjg. G.H. Herrick, USCG 4 December 1944 -

LT. Samuel R. Underwood, USCGR

During World War II USS LCI(L)-320 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater, LCI Flotilla 4, CAPT. M. E. Imlay, USCG in command, (reassigned to LCI Flotilla 10 for the Invasion of Normandy) and participated in the following campaigns:

**Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaigns**
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
North African occupation Tunisian operation, 1 June to 9 July 1943	Salerno landings, 9 to 21 September 1943 Proceeded to England in November 1943 for training in preparation for the Invasion of Normandy
Sicilian occupation, 9 to 15 July 1943	Invasion of Normandy 6 June 1944 Departed Falmouth England, 5 October 1944 for overhaul and refresher training in the US prior to assignment to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater

Following overhaul and refresher training USS LCI(L)-320 joined LCI Flotilla 35 proceeding to San Diego where she departed 3 April 1945 for the Asiatic-Pacific Theater, reaching Kerama Rhetto, 28 May 1945 and participated in the following campaigns:

**Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns**
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto - 29 May to 8 September 1945 Assigned to make smoke for larger naval units until departing 8 September 1945 for duty at Wakayama, Japan	Minesweeping operations - Pacific Wakanoura-Kii (Honshu Area), 11 to 27 September 1945 Klondike (East China Sea area), 26 October to 7 November 1945

Navy Occupation Service (Asia), 2 September to 25 November 1945

Decommissioned, 26 March 1946, at San Pedro, CA.

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

Sold, 9 November 1946, fate unknown

USS LCI(L)-320 earned six battle stars for World War II service

Specifications:
Displacement 216 t.(light), 234 t.(landing), 389 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 3 officer, 21 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 four single 20mm guns one forward, one amidship, two aft, later added two .50 cal machine guns
Fuel Capacity 130 tons, lube oil 200 gal.
Propulsion two sets of 4 GM diesels, 4 per shaft, BHP 1,600, twin variable pitch propellers

Size	Image Description	Source
1976k	From left to right, front row: USS LCI(L)-218, USS LCI(L)-35, USS LCI(L)-14, USS LCI(L)-326, USS LCI(L)-88, USS LCI(L)-91 and USS LCI(L)-229 From left to right back row: USS LCI(L)-2, USS LCI(L)-90, USS LCI(L)-320, USS LCI(L)-16, USS LCI(L)-3, USS LCI(L)-213, USS LCI(L)-321, USS LCI(L)-4, USS LCI(L)-86, USS LCI(L)-212, USS LCI(L)-217, USS LCI(L)-8, USS LCI(L)-83 and USS LCI(L)-94, massed at Bizerte, Tunisia, 6 July 1943 while loading troops for the invasion of Sicily. US Army Signal Corps photo # 176486, now in the collections of the US National Archives.	Dave Kerr
208k	USS LCI(L)-218, USS LCI(L)-35, USS LCI(L)-14, USS LCI(L)-320, USS LCI(L)-16, USS LCI(L)-3, and USS LCI(L)-213 at Bizerte, Tunisia, in preparation for the Sicilian occupation, circa July 1943. Note the Army troops loading onto USS LCI(L)-14. Photo from Time Life Books, The Italian Campaign appeared in the The Elsie Item, Issue # 46, October 2003.	Ardie Hunt courtesy Stan Galik, for his father Stanley Galik, SC2/c, USS LCI(L)-35
32k	USS LCI(L)-320 and USS LCI(L)-326 beached, date and location unknown.	Wayne Caldwell USS LCI(L)-89 and USS LCI(L)-320
252k	USS LCI(L)-320 and *LCT-305* training for the Normandy invasion at Slapton Sands, near Dartmouth, England, date unknown. Official US Coast Guard photo.	Mike Green
36k	USS LCI(L)-320 underway, date and location unknown.	Wayne Caldwell USS LCI(L)-89 and USS LCI(L)-320
66k	USS LCI(L)-320 and USS LCI(L)-487 moored in a British port prior to the Invasion of Normandy, circa 5 June 1944. Image are from the DVD "D-Day Code Name: Overlord" with the permission of Denver Collins, Editor, Timeless Media Group, Eugene OR.	Robert Morrissey

The history for USS LCI(L)-320 is from "The Coast Guard At War, Transports and Escorts, Volume II"

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
Fleet Reserve Association

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association
U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office - USS LCI(L)-320

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