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USS LCI(L)-797


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Whiskey - Lima - Echo
NWLE
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 - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal
LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, 15 July 1944, at New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber, N.J.
  • Launched, 17 August 1944
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-797, 23 August 1944, LTjg. C. D. Boyer, USNR, in command (May 1945)
  • During World War II LCI(L)-797 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LCI Flotilla Thirteen, CDR. M. B. Brown USN (33);
    LCI Group Thirty-Eight, LCDR. G. A. Jaquenot USNR;
    LCI Division Seventy-Five
  • Decommissioned, 2 February 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 12 April 1946
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 10 October 1947
  • Registered in 1951 as the passenger barge Elsie II homeport, Los Angeles
  • Final Disposition, stranded, 3 December 1956 ,at Long Beach, CA.
    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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    LSM-47149kUSS LCI(L)-797, USS LSM-471 and USS LSM-10 beached at Leyte Island, Philippine Islands in September 1945.Richard Remley in honor of his father Harris T. Remley S1/c USS LSM-471
    The history for LCI(L)-797 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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    Last Updated 17 November 2023