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USS LCI(L)-943

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Yankee - Oscar - India
NYOI

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1) - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal

USS LCI(L)-943 was transferred to the Soviet Union, redesignated DS-43

LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):

Laid down, 15 January 1944, at Consolidated Steel, Orange TX.

Launched, 10 February 1944

Commissioned USS LCI(L)-943, 18 March 1944

*Departed Norfolk in a convoy bound for North Africa, Saturday, 23 May 1944

*Arrived, Bizerte, North Africa, 1 June 1944

*Homeported at Pozzuoli, Italy, near Naples

During World War II USS LCI(L)-943 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater and participated in the following campaign:

Campaign and Date
Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign
Invasion of southern France, 15 to 20 August 1944

Departed the Mediterranean in late November, 1944, bound for Jacksonville, FL., for overhaul

USS LCI(L)-943 was decommissioned and transferred as part of Project Hula to the Soviet Union at Cold Bay, AK., 10 June 1945, designated Soviet Landing Ship DS-43

Ex-USS LCI(L)-943 (Soviet Navy DS-43) participated in the Soviet invasion of the Japanese Kuril Islands between 18 August and 1 September 1945

Returned to US Naval custody in 1955 and struck from the Naval Register

Final Disposition, fate unknown

USS LCI(L)-943 earned one battle star for World War II service

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

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

Fuel Capacity

130 tons Diesel

200 gal. lube oil

Propulsion

two sets of 4 GM Diesels, 4 per shaft, BHP 1,600

twin variable pitch propellers

Size	Image Description	Contributed By
114k	LCIs moored at Bizerte, Tunisia, circa May 1944 (from left to right): USS LCI(L)-952, USS LCI(L)-39, USS LCI(L)-592, USS LCI(L)-595, USS LCI(L)-943, USS LCI(L)-529, USS LCI(L)-47, and USS LCI(L)-526	Photo by Robert W. Van Keuren CO USS LCI(L)-665
152k	USS LCI(L)-943 disembarking troops near Sainte-Maxime during the invasion of southern France, circa 15 to 20 August 1944,.	Phil Ogden for his father LT William H. Ogden, 226th Signal Operation Company, US Seventh Army
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114k	USS LCI(L)-943 at Jacksonville, FL., December 1944.	Jim Foster Jr. USS LCI(L)-943 Radioman

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 9 December 2016