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USS LCI(L)-1061


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Zulu - Oscar - Zulu
 NZOZ
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, 8 April 1944, at Defoe Ship Building Co., Bay City, MI.
  • Launched, 22 April 1944
  • Commissioned as USS LCI(L)-1061, 4 May 1944. LT. F. N. Goforth USNR in command
  • During World War II USS LCI(L)-1061 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
    LCI Flotilla Five, CDR. M. V. Milton;
     LCI Group Fifteen, LCDR. E.S. Dulcan;
     LCI Division Thirty
  • Following World War II USS LCI(L)-1061 was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following period:

    Navy Occupation Service Medal
    China Service Medal (extended)
    8 September 1945 to 16 December 19458 September 1945 to 16 December 1945
  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown Sold, date unknown, for conversion to a towboat, renamed Bannock, Official Number (263080)
  • Current Disposition, in commercial service on the Columbia and Snake Rivers
    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)-1061 57k USS LCI(L)-1061 underway, probably in the vicinity of Yap or Satawal, in the Caroline Islands, circa 1945. Tommy Trampp
    Merchant Service
    LCI(L)-1061
    1015106102    		 261k Ex-USS LCI(L)-1061 in merchant service as the tugboat Bannock tied up pierside, circa 1970, location unknown.
    University of the Pacific Library    		 John Spivey
    There is no DANFS History currently available for USS LCI(L)-1061 at NavSource
    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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    Last Updated 15 December 2023