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USS LCI(R)-1024
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 USS LCI(L)-1024 (1944 - 1945)


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


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, 15 March 1944, at Albina Engine and Machinery Works, Portland OR.
  • Launched, 29 April 1944
  • Commissioned as USS LCI(L)-1024, 5 June 1944
  • Reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Rocket), LCI(R)-1024, 15 March 1945, LT. Edward J. Ritz USNR in command (May 1945)
  • During World War II LCI(L)-1024 / LCI(R)-1024 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LCI Flotilla Sixteen, CDR. Clarence E. Coffin USN (27);
     LCI Group Forty-Six, LCDR. A. F. Eckelmeyer USNR;
     LCI Division Ninety-One and participated in the following campaign:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates
    Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 20 March to 30 June 1945

  • Following the war USS LCI(R)-1024 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 6 September to 15 October 1945
  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 5 June 1946
  • USS LCI(R)-1024 earned one battle star for World War II service
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 10 July 1947, for disposal
  • Final Disposition, 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(R) Complement
    3 Officers
    31 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 .50 cal machine guns
    LCI(R) Armament
    one 40mm bow mounted gun mount
    four 20mm guns
    two .50 cal machine guns
    six 5" rocket launchers
    Fuel Capacity
    Diesel 935 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)-1024 101k USS LCI(L)-1024 builders plaque. The Burrow Family for their father Roy Dean Burrow F1/c USS LCI(L)-1024
    LCI(L)-1024
    1015102449    		 309k Commissioning ceremony for USS LCI(L)-1024, 5 June 1944, at Albina Engine and Machinery Works, Portland OR. LCDR. Gary Frogner, USN Ret. for his father ENS. Louis Frogner, USNR Engineering Officer LCI(R)-1024
    LCI(L)-1024
    1015102448    		 199k USS LCI(L)-1024 Ship's officers at commissioning, 5 June 1944, at Albina Engine and Machinery Works, Portland OR. LCDR Gary Frogner, USN Ret. for his father ENS. Louis Frogner, USNR Engineering Officer LCI(L)-1024
    LCI(L)-1024 39k USS LCI(L)-1024 at standard speed, ramp has been retracted but watertight door left down, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Scott at LBS Products
    LCI(L)-1024 72k USS LCI(L)-1024 conning tower The Burrow Family for their father Roy Dean Burrow F1/c USS LCI(L)-1024
    LCI(L)-1024 64k USS LCI(L)-1024 foc'sle The Burrow Family for their father Roy Dean Burrow F1/c USS LCI(L)-1024
    LCI(L)-1024 56k USS LCI(L)-1024 foc'sle The Burrow Family for their father Roy Dean Burrow F1/c USS LCI(L)-1024
    LCI(L)-1024 98k USS LCI(R)-1024 conning tower The Burrow Family for their father Roy Dean Burrow F1/c USS LCI(L)-1024
    LCI(L)-1024 64k USS LCI(R)-1024 40mm gun mount The Burrow Family for their father Roy Dean Burrow F1/c USS LCI(L)-1024
    LCI(L)-1024 58k USS LCI(R)-1024 conning tower The Burrow Family for their father Roy Dean Burrow F1/c USS LCI(L)-1024
    LCI(L)-1024 86k USS LCI(R)-1024 underway, date and location unknown. The Burrow Family for their father Roy Dean Burrow F1/c USS LCI(L)-1024
    LCI(L)-1024 44k USS LCI(R)-1024 under way, probably off the Okinawa beachhead, circa March-June 1945.
    Photo by Richard M. Diemer USS LCI(M) 803    		 Robert Morrissey
    LCI(L)-1024
    1015102450    		 98k Chart of all LCI(R) rocket targets which bombarded the North and South flanks of the main amphibious landing on L-Day of Operation Iceberg, the invasion of Okinawa. These LCI(R)s belonged to Flotilla SIXTEEN (CDR C.E. Coffin, Jr), referred to as Task Group 52.20, and comprised of 6 Task Groups, each in turn comprised of 6 LCI(R)s (for 36 LCIR)s total):
    South Flank:
    52.20.1 - USS LCI(R)-642, USS LCI(R)-650, USS LCI(R)-707, USS LCI(R)-771, USS LCI(R)-772, USS LCI(R)-1077;
    52.20.2 - USS LCI(R)-651, USS LCI(R)-708, USS LCI(R)-1028, USS LCI(R)-1029, USS LCI(R)-1030, USS LCI(R)-1078;
    In Reserve:
    52.20.3 - USS LCI(R)-643, USS LCI(R)-644, USS LCI(R)-645, USS LCI(R)-646, USS LCI(R)-769, USS LCI(R)-770.
    North Flank:
    52.20.4 - USS LCI(R)-647, USS LCI(R)-648, USS LCI(R)-649, USS LCI(R)-762, USS LCI(R)-763, USS LCI(R)-764;
    52.20.5 - USS LCI(R)-785, USS LCI(R)-1024, USS LCI(R)-1026, USS LCI(R)-1068, USS LCI(R)-1069, USS LCI(R)-1070;
    52.20.6 - USS LCI(R)-704, USS LCI(R)-705, USS LCI(R)-706, USS LCI(R)-765, USS LCI(R)-766, USS LCI(R)-767;     		LCDR. Gary Frogner, USN Ret. for his father ENS. Louis Frogner, USNR Engineering Officer LCI(R)-1024
    LCI(L)-1024
    1015102451    		 175k USS LCI(R)-1024 moves in close to shore at Okinawa in an attempt rescue Japanese soldiers trying to surrender, circa March-June 1945. LCDR. Gary Frogner, USN Ret. for his father ENS. Louis Frogner, USNR Engineering Officer LCI(R)-1024
    LCI(L)-1024 74k USS LCI(R)-1024 moored inboard of an unidentified LCI, date and location unknown. The Burrow Family for their father Roy Dean Burrow F1/c USS LCI(L)-1024
    LCI(L)-1024 41k USS LCI(R)-1024 in harbor, date and location unknown. The Burrow Family for their father Roy Dean Burrow F1/c USS LCI(L)-1024
    LCI(L)-1024 78k USS LCI(R)-1024 enroute back to U.S., note the homeward bound pennant. The Burrow Family for their father Roy Dean Burrow F1/c USS LCI(L)-1024
    The history for USS LCI(L)-1024 / LCI(R)-1024 is from USS LCI "Landing Craft Infantry", Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1995. (ISBN 1-56311-262-0)
    Commanding Officers
    01LTjg. Ritz, Edward J., USNR15 March 1945 - ?
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    Miscellaneous Photos from the Collection of Roy Dean Burrow F1/c USS LCI(L)-1024
    USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association
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