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USS LCI(L)-1021


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Zulu - Hotel - Echo
 NZHE
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended)

Second Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (4) - World War II Victory Medal
Third Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippine Liberation Medal (2)(1)

LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, 26 February 1944, at Albina Engine and Machine Works, Portland, OR.
  • Launched, 12 April 1944
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-1021, 11 May 1944, LTjg. Kornfeld USNR in command
  • During World War II LCI(L)-1021 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Leyte operation
    Leyte landings, 5 to 29 November 1944
    Ormoc Bay landing, 7 and 8 December 1944     		Manila Bay-Bicol operations;
    Nasugbu, 31 January and 5 February 1945
    Luzon operation
    Mindoro landings, 12 to 18 December 1944     		Consolidation and capture of Southern Philippines
    Visayan Island landings, 18 March to 1 April 1945

  • Following World War II USS LCI(L)-1021 was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

    Navy Occupation Service Medal
    China Service Medal (extended)
    8 September to 16 December 19458 September to 16 December 1945

  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register in 1951
  • Sold, 23 April 1951
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • USS LCI(L)-1021 received four battle stars for World War II service
    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)-1021 239k LCI(L)-1021 officers, left to right; LTjg. Kornfeld (CO), ENS. Buttner, Wally, (XO), ENS. Scherrer, Victor, ENS. Swift, J. B., date and location unknown. Victor Scherrer USS LCI(L)-1021
    LCI(L)-1021 251k LCI(L)-1021 crew photo, date and location unknown. Victor Scherrer USS LCI(L)-1021
    LCI(L)-1021 101k LCI(L)-1021 dry docked, bow view, date and location unknown. Photo by Harlan G. Erickson F1/c USS LCI(L)-972 and USS LCI(L)-1021. Submitted by his son Gregory Erickson
    LCI(L)-1021 90k LCI(L)-1021 beached, bow view, date and location unknown. Photo by Harlan G. Erickson F1/c USS LCI(L)-972 and USS LCI(L)-1021. Submitted by his son Gregory Erickson
    LCI(L)-1021 160k LCI(L)-1021 conning tower, date and location unknown. Photo by Harlan G. Erickson F1/c USS LCI(L)-972 and USS LCI(L)-1021. Submitted by his son Gregory Erickson
    LCI(L)-1021 105k LCI(L)-1021 conning tower, date and location unknown. Photo by Harlan G. Erickson F1/c USS LCI(L)-972 and USS LCI(L)-1021. Submitted by his son Gregory Erickson
    LCI(L)-1021 90k LCI(L)-1021 conning tower, date and location unknown. Photo by Harlan G. Erickson F1/c USS LCI(L)-972 and USS LCI(L)-1021. Submitted by his son Gregory Erickson
    LCI(L)-1021 74k LCI(L)-1021 officers, date and location unknown. Photo by Harlan G. Erickson F1/c USS LCI(L)-972 and USS LCI(L)-1021. Submitted by his son Gregory Erickson
    LCI(L)-1021 79k LCI(L)-1021 officers, location unknown. Photo by Harlan G. Erickson F1/c USS LCI(L)-972 and USS LCI(L)-1021. Submitted by his son Gregory Erickson
    LCI(L)-1021 88k LCI(L)-1021 crew, date and place unknown. Photo by Harlan G. Erickson F1/c USS LCI(L)-972 and USS LCI(L)-1021. Submitted by his son Gregory Erickson
    The history for LCI(L)-1021 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
    My Experiences Aboard LCI 1021 By Victor E. Scherrer
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