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USS LCI(L)-1005


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Zulu - Echo - Hotel
 NZEH
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 (1)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippine Liberation Medal (1)
LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, 26 April 1944, at Consolidated Steel Corp, Shipbuilding Div., Orange, TX.
  • Launched, 20 May 1944
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-1005, 8 June 1944
  • During World War II USS LCI(L)-1005 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Consolidation of the southern Philippines
    Mindanao Island landings, 10 March 1945
    Zulu Archipelago landings, 9 to 11 April 1945
  • Decommissioned, 1 May 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • USS LCI(L)-1005 earned one battle star for World War II service
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 10 December 1947
  • Registered in 1948 by the Humble Oil Co., Houston, TX. as tugboat Humble LCI-2
  • Name dhanged in 1949 to Humble CI-2
  • Registered in 1954 by A.V.W. Boats of Pascagoula, MS. as fishing boat Mike Flechas, homeport Biloxi, MS.
  • Registered in 1956 by Longline, Inc. of Pascagoula, MS. as fishing boat Big Tender
  • Reflagged Panama in 1957
  • 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)-1005 19k USS LCI(L)-1005 crew member Marvin R. Bemis F1/c and friend, Judd Everett in the Philippines, date unknown.
    Photo from Troy Historic Village collection.    		 Tom Harris
    The history for USS LCI(L)-1005 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
    The Adventures of Marvin R. Bemis, Apprentice Seaman
    USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association
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    Last Updated 17 November 2023