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USS LC(FF)-425
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 USS LCI(L)-425 (1943 - 1944)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Kilo - India - Yankee
 NKIY
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (Iwo Jima, retroactive) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia clasp)
LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, 10 March 1943, at New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber, N.J.
  • Launched, 24 May 1943
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-425, 22 June 1943, LTjg. C. H. Bergesson USNR in command (May 1945)
  • USS LCI(L)-425 was redesignated Landing Craft (Flotilla Flagship), USS LC(FF)-425, 31 December 1944
  • During World War II USS LCI(L)-425 / LC(FF)-425 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LC(FF) Flotilla Twenty-Thee, LCDR. R. H. Brazeal;
     LC(FF) Group Sixty-Seven;
     LC(FF) Division One Hundred Thirty-Four and participated in the following campaigns:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaigns and Dates Campaigns and Dates
    Iwo Jima operation
    Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, 19 to 26 February 1945     		Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 to 15 April 1945

  • Following World War II USS LC(FF)-425 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 3 February to 10 April 1946
  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • USS LC(FF)-425 earned two battle stars for World War II service
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 1 November 1947
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 246 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 kts; 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 130 tons, lube oil 200 gal.
    Propulsion
    two sets of 4 GM Diesels, 4 per shaft, BHP 1,600
    twin variable pitch propellers
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    LCI(L)-425 354k USS LCI(L)-425 moored pierside, date unknown at Pier 92 US Naval Receiving Station, New York.
    US Navy photo from USS LCI National Association's newsletter Elsie Item, March 2010    		 Ardie Hunt
    The history for USS LCI(L)-425 / LC(FF)-425 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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