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USS LCFF-1082
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 USS LCI(L)-1082 (1944 - 1945)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Zulu - Sierra - Kilo
 NZSK
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 (1)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal
LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, 17 July 1944, at Defoe Ship Building, Bay City MI.
  • Launched, 29 July 1944
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-1082, 23 August 1944, LTjg. E.L. Klatte, USNR in command (May 1945)
  • USS LCI(L)-1082 was redesignated Landing Craft (Flotilla Flagship) LC(FF)-1082, 20 January 1945
  • During World War II USS LC(FF)-1082 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LC(FF) Flotilla Twenty Three, LCDR. R. H. Brazeal USN;
     LC(FF) Group Sixty-Nine, LT. T.T. Brooks USN;
     LC(FF) Division One Hundred Thirty-Nine serving as flagship for LCS Flotilla 4 and participated in the following Campaign:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 April to 30 June 1945
  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet in March 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • USS LC(FF)-1082 received one battle star for World War II service
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    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)-70 29k Enlisted crew members of LCS Flotilla 4 staff aboard USS LC(FF)-1082, circa 1945, Philippine Islands. Thomas Hedderick for his father Charles (Rick) Hedderick RM1/c, USNR, LCS Flotilla Four
    LCI(L)-70 172k Certificate given to Charles (Rick) Hedderick RM1/c, USNR, LCS Flotilla Four staff for service during the campaign to Capture and Occupy Okinawa. Thomas Hedderick for his father Charles (Rick) Hedderick RM1/c, USNR, LCS Flotilla Four
    LCI(L)-70 169k Certificate given to Charles (Rick) Hedderick RM1/c, USNR, LCS Flotilla Four staff for service during the Occupation of Japan. Thomas Hedderick for his father Charles (Rick) Hedderick RM1/c, USNR, LCS Flotilla Four
    The history for USS LCI(L)-1082 / LC(FF)-1082 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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