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USS LCI(L)-1019


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Zulu- Golf - November
NZGN
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal
LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, 14 February 1944, at Albina Engine and Machine Works, Portland, OR.
  • Launched, 28 March 1944
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-1019, 25 April 1944
  • During World War II USS LCI(L)-1019 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Borneo operations
    Tarakan Island, 27 April to 5 May 1945

  • Decommissioned, 2 July 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 13 December 1946
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 29 December 1947
  • Registered in 1956 by Ernest F. Chadwick, Marysville, WA. as freight barge Easy, homeported at Seattle, WA.
  • Out of documentation in 1984.
  • 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 gun mounts, 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)-101927kUSS LCI(L)-1019 beached, date and location unknown.Dean Bruce for his Grandfather Louis Adams Bruce SC/2c (T) USS LCI(L)-546
    The history for LCI(L)-1019 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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