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USS LCI(L)-990


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Zulu - Bravo - Kilo
 NZBK
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
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal
LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, 3 April 1944, at Consolidated Steel Corp, Shipbuilding Div., Orange, TX.
  • Launched, 25 April 1944
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-990, 22 May 1944, at Orange TX., LTjg Charles D. Kirksey in command
  • During World War II USS LCI(L)-990 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LCI Flotilla Sixteen (12 June to 12 December 1944);
     LCI Group Forty-Six, flagship, LT. Harris Brown;
  • Converted to a cargo ship at Naval Repair Facility Pearl Harbor, 30 November to 12 December 1944, re-assigned to Service Squadron Ten (SERVRON TEN)
  • Following World War II USS LCI(L)-990 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 17 to 24 October 1945
  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 5 June 1946
  • Sold, 14 November 1946
  • 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
    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
    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 800 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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    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
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    History of USS LCI(L)-990
    Submitted by Thomas B. Merritt for his father, Milton P. Merritt S1/c(RM) USS LCI(L)-990
    USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association
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