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USS LCI(G)-1018
ex
 USS LCI(L)-1018 (1944)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Zulu - Golf - Kilo
 NZGK
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 (4)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation Medal (2)

USS LCI(L)-1018 was transferred to Argentina and redesignated ARA BDI No.13 (Q-52)
LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, 7 February 1944, at Albina Engine and Machine Works, Portland, OR.
  • Launched, 21 March 1944
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-1018, 18 April 1944
  • Reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Gunboat) LCI(G)-1018, date unknown
  • During World War II USS LCI(L)-1018 / USS LCI(G)-1018 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaigns and Dates Campaigns and Dates
    Leyte operation operations
    Leyte landings, 19 to 29 November 1944     		Manila Bay - Bicol operations
    Mariveles-Corregidor, 14 to 28 February 1945 1945
    Luzon operation
    Mindoro landings, 12 to 18 December 1944     		Consolidation of the Southern Philippines;
    Visayan Island landings, 18 March to 1 April 1945

  • Classification reverted to Landing Craft Infantry (Large) LCI(L)-1018, 10 September 1945
  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 18 February 1948
  • Transferred by the Maritime Commission to Argentina in August 1948
  • Struck from the Naval Register in 1948
  • USS LCI(L)-1018 / USS LCI(G)-1018 earned four battle stars for World War II service
  • Transferred to the government of Argentina, redesignated ARA BDI No.13 (Q-52) in 1948
  • Final Disposition, disposed of by the Argentine Navy in 1956, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 216 t.(light), 234 t.(landing); 389 t.(loaded)
    Length 158' 5 1/2"
    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
    3 Officers
    21 Enlisted
    LCI(G) Complement
    5 Officers
    65 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
    four single 20mm guns one forward, one amidship, two aft
    two .50cal machine guns
    LCI(G) Armament
    two 40mm guns
    four 20mm guns
    six .50cal machine guns
    ten MK7 rocket launchers
    Fuel Capacity 130 tons, lube oil 200 gal.
    Propulsion
    two sets of 4 General Motors Diesel engines, 4 per shaft, BHP 1,600
    twin variable pitch propellers
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    LCI(L)-1018 39k USS LCI(L)-1018 disembarking her troops at Mindoro during the Luzon campaign, 12 to 18 December 1944. Hyperwar, U.S. Navy
    in World War II
    LCI(L)-1018 157k Various LCIs including USS LCI(L)-1018 and USS LCI(G)-1064) disembarking Company "I" 185th infantry 40th Division Palupandan, Negros, P.I., 29 March 1945 John DeNoma
    LCI(L)-1060
    1015106001    		 382k Eight LCIs from right to left:
    USS LCI(G)-1060;
    USS LCI(G)-1018;
    USS LCI(G)-964;
    USS LCI(G)-1016;
    USS LCI(G)-1017;
    USS LCI(G)-961;
    USS LCI(L)-982;
    USS LCI(G)-1015; nest together, location unknown, circa 1945.
    US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 74313    		 Darryl Baker
    The history for USS LCI(L)-1018 / LCI(G)-1018 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
    USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association
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