Please report any broken links or trouble you might come across to the Webmaster. Please take a moment to let us know so that we can correct any problems and make your visit as enjoyable and as informative as possible.

NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive

USS LCI(M)-975
ex
USS LCI(G)-975 (1944 - 1945)
USS LCI(L)-975 (1944)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Yankee - Yankee - Tango
NYYT

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation Medal

LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):

Laid down, 12 March 1944, at Consolidated Steel Corp, Shipbuilding Div., Orange

Launched, 5 April 1944

Commissioned USS LCI(L)-975, 30 April 1944

Reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Gunboat) LCI(G)-975, 1 March 1945

Reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Mortar) LCI(M)-975, 30 April 1945

During World War II USS LCI(L)-975 / LCI(G)-975 / LCI(M)-975 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
Luzon operation (*LCI(L)-975)* Lingayen Gulf landings, 9 January 1945	Okinawa Gunto operation (*LCI(G)-975 / LCI(M)-975*) Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 26 March to 14 June 1945

Decommissioned, date unknown

Struck from the Naval Register, 13 December 1946

USS LCI(L)-975 / LCI(G)-975 / USS LCI(M)-975 earned two battles stars for World War II service

Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 2 March 1948

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

LCI(L) Complement 4 Officers, 24 Enlisted

LCI(G) Complement 5 Officers, 65 Enlisted

LCI(M) Complement 4 Officers, 49 Enlisted

LCI(L) Troop Capacity 6 Officers, 182 Enlisted

LCI(L) 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

LCI(G) Armament two 40mm guns, four 20mm guns, six .50cal machine guns, 10 MK7 rocket launchers

LCI(M) Armament one single 40mm gun, forward, four 20mm guns, three 4.2" chemical mortars mounted in three 4ft x 4ft wooden walled 2" x 6" high sand boxes on the well deck with the three tripod mortar tubes in position to fire forward over the bow, No. 2 Troop Compartment (under well deck) converted to a magazine

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