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USS LC(FF)-998
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 USS LCI(L)-998 (1944)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Zulu - Charlie - Tango
 NZCT
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal
LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, 14 April 1944, at Consolidated Steel Corp, Shipbuilding Div., Orange, TX.
  • Launched, 11 May 1944
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-998, 31 May 1944, LT. W. J. Huff USNR in command (May 1945)
  • Converted to a Landing Craft Flotilla Flagship LC(FF)-998, 31 December 1944
  • During World War II LC(FF)-998 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LC(FF) Flotilla Twenty Three, LCDR. R. H. Brazeal USN;
     LC(FF) Group Sixty-Nine, LT. T.T. Brooks USN;
     LC(FF) Div One Hundred Thirty-Nine and participated in the following campaigns:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Iwo Jima operation
    Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, 19 to 25 February 1945     		Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 to 3 April 1945

  • Decommissioned in March 1946
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • USS LC(FF)-998 earned two battle stars for World War II
  • 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)-998 50k USS LC(FF)-998 at anchor, date and location unknown. Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
    LCI(L)-998 74k USS LC(FF)-998 under way, date and location unknown. Bill Brinkley
    LCI(L)-998
    1015099803    		 55k USS LC(FF)-998 escorting ships to Okinawa in March, 1945.
    Coast Guard Heritage Museum, Di Rosario Collection.    		 Mike Green
    The history for USS LCI(L)-998 / LC(FF)-998 is from USS LCI "Landing Craft Infantry", Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1995. (ISBN 1-56311-262-0)
    Commanding Officers
    01LT. Huff, W. J., USNR31 May 1944 - ?
    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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