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USS LCI(L)-867


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Xray - Delta - Delta
NXDD
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 - Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia clasp)
LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, 28 August 1944,at New Jersey Ship Building Co., Barber, N.J.
  • Launched, 27 September 1944
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-867, 4 October 1944
  • During World War II LCI(L)-867 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LCI Flotilla Thirteen, CDR. M. B. Brown USN (33);
     LCI Group Thirty-Nine, LT, N. S. Williams USNR;
     LCI Division Seventy-Seven
  • Following World War II USS LCI(L)-867 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East for the following periods:

    Navy Occupation Service Medal
    21 October to 3 November 1945
    16 November to 19 December 1945

  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Laid up in the Reserve Fleet and berthed in Florida, October 1953
  • 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
    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)-867 15k USS LCI(L)-867 under way, date and location unknown. Erik Martin for his Grandfather John McCornack, XO USS LCI(L)-868
    LSM-400 32k USS LCI(L)-867, USS LSM-400 and USS LST-1073 during Cadet-Midshipman Exercises (CAMID), 19 August 1946, at Little Creek Amphibious Base.
    US Navy photo    		 US Naval Academy, Nimitz Library web site
    LSM-400 46k USS LCI(L)-867 and USS LSM-400 during Cadet-Midshipman Exercises (CAMID), 19 August 1946, Little Creek Amphibious Base.
    US Navy photo    		 USS LSM / LSMR Association
    The history for USS LCI(L)-867 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 4 March 2005