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USS LSIL-799
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 USS LCI(L)-799 (1944 - 1949)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Whiskey - Lima - Lima
 NWLL
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, 20 July 1944, at Commercial Iron Works, Portland, OR.
  • Launched, 21 August 1944
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-799, 26 August 1944
  • During World War II USS LCI(L)-799 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater.
  • Redesignated Landing Ship Infantry (Large) USS LSIL-799 28 February 1949
  • USS LSIL-799 served as the training ship for the Naval Reserve Center at Burlington, VT., while homeported at Boston, MA. from 1947 to 1993.
  • Decommissioned in 1993
  • Laid up in the Atlantic Reserve Fleet, Green Cove Springs, FL.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • 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
    LCI(L) 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
    Armament five single 20mm guns two forward, one amidship, two aft, 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)-799 238k USS LSIL-799 moored at St Albans, Vermont, in the summer of 1953. CDR Robert E Walsh USNR Ret.
    LCI(L)-799 63k USS LSIL-799 underway, in the harbor at Burlington, VT., date unknown.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, November 1953.    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    The history for USS LCI(L)-799 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
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association
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    Last Updated 22 August 2008