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USS LCI(L)-329


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Juliet - Quebec - Foxtrot
 NJQF
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, 27 July 1942, at Brown Ship Building Co. Houston, TX
  • Launched, 12 September 1942
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-329, 8 November 1942, LTjg. William A. Illing, USNR in command
  • During World War II USS LCI(L)-329 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    For the New Georgia Campaign USS LCI(L)-329 came under the command of Landing Force Flotillas-SoPacFor;
     LCI Flotilla Five;
     LCI Group Fourteen; and
    For the Okinawa Campaign USS LCI(L)-329, LTjg. A. R. Inabinet, USNR, in command, came under the command of;
     LCI Flotilla Nineteen, LCDR. E. C. Folger;
     LCI Group Fifty-Five, LCDR. S. J. Kelley USNR;
     LCI Division One Hundred Nine and participated in the following campaigns:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaigns and Dates Campaigns and Dates
    New Georgia-Group operations
    Rendova-Vangunu occupation, 30 June to 4 July 1943     		Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 26 to 30 June 1945
    Treasury-Bougainville opertion
    Treasury Island landing, 27 October to 6 November 1942     		 

  • Following World War II USS LCI(L)-329 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 2 September to 14 December 1945
  • USS LCI(L)-329 was assigned to Joint Task Force 1, Task Unit 1.2.5 (Target Vessels - Landing Craft Units - LCI Group 7 (LCI GRU 7) for Operation Crossroads the atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll in July 1946
  • Decommissioned, 22 February 1947
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • USS LCI(L)-329 earned two battle stars for World War II service
  • Final Disposition, used as a target for Operations Crossroads Atomic Bomb Test at Bikini Atoll, scuttled off Kwajalein, 16 March 1948
    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)-329 285k Rendova Beachhead, 30 June 1943. In the foreground two LCVPs from USS McCawley (APA-4)
    USS LST-397
    USS LCI(L)-336
    USS LCI(L)-334 and
    USS LCI(L)-329
    NARA photo # 18-N-52630 a US Navy photo now in the US National Archives collection.    		 Robert Morrissey, courtesy Dennis Blocker LCI National Association Historian
    LCI(L)-329 833k Rendova Beachhead, 30 June to 4 July 1943. LCIs from left to right;
    unknown,
    USS LCI(L)-329
    USS LCI(L)-334,
    USS LCI(L)-330,
    USS LCI(L)-335,
    USS LCI(L)-328 and
    USS LCI(L)-336
    NARA photo # 18-N-52690 a US Navy photo now in the US National Archives collection.    		 Robert Morrissey, courtesy Dennis Blocker LCI National Association Historian
    LCI(L)-329 903k Rendova Beachhead, 30 June to 4 July 1943. LCIs from left to right;
    USS LCI(L)-329,
    USS LCI(L)-334,
    USS LCI(L)-335 and
    USS LCI(L)-336
    NARA photo # 18-N-52633 a US Navy photo now in the US National Archives collection.    		 Robert Morrissey, courtesy Dennis Blocker LCI National Association Historian
    The history for USS LCI(L)-329 is from USS LCI "Landing Craft Infantry", Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1995. (ISBN 1-56311-262-0)
    Commanding Officers
    01LTjg/LT. Illing William Arthur, USNR8 November 1942 - 11 February 1944
    02LTjg. Marsh, James D., USNR,11 February 1944 - February 1945
    03LTjg. Inabinet, Aubrey R., USNRFebruary 1945 - December 1945
    04ENS. Reaume, Donald H., USNRDecember 1945 - March 1946
    05LTjg. Schott, Paul W., USNRMarch 1946 - June 1946
    06LTjg. Berry, Robert Maurice, USNR/USNJune 1946 - 22 February 1947
    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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