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USS LCI(L)-1085


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Victor - Uniform - Juliet
 NVUJ
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, 4 August 1944, at Defoe Ship Building Co., Bay City, MI.
  • Launched, 17 August 1944
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-1085, 26 August 1944
  • During World War II USS LCI(L)-1085 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LCI Flotilla Thirteen, CDR. M. B. Brown USN (33);
     LCI Group Thirty-Eight, LCDR. G. A. Jaquenot USNR;
     LCI Division Seventy-Six
  • Decommissioned in 1947
  • Struck from the Naval Register in 1947
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 31 October 1947 for disposition
  • Sold to McAllister Lighterage Co., in the fall of 1949 for $11,000, cut into four sections at Ticonderoga, Lake Champlain, New York, transported by truck to Baldwin on Lake George, New York. Reassembled and launched in October 1950 as the Lake George Steamboat Company's tour boat Ticonderoga.
  • Placed out of service in 1989 and laid up on Lake George
  • Final Disposition, scrapped in 1993 at Baldwin, Lake George, N.Y.
    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)-1085 89k USS LCI(L)-1085 underway, date and location unknown.
    Photo from "Mountain Steamboats: The Saga of the Lake George Steamboat Company". Used with the permission of Mr. Bill Dow, President Lake George Steamboat Company, 31 August 2003.    		 Bob Clemons
    LCI(L)-1085 35k Ex USS LCI(L)-1085 at Ticonderoga, Lake Champlain, New York, with superstructure and bow doors removed, ready to be cut into sections.
    Photo from "Mountain Steamboats: The Saga of the Lake George Steamboat Company". Used with the permission of Mr. Bill Dow, President Lake George Steamboat Company, 31 August 2003.    		 Bob Clemons
    LCI(L)-1085 41k Ex-USS LCI(L)-1085 at Ticonderoga, Lake Champlain, New York, after cutting the ship into sections.
    Photo from "Mountain Steamboats: The Saga of the Lake George Steamboat Company". Used with the permission of Mr. Bill Dow, President Lake George Steamboat Company, 31 August 2003.    		 Bob Clemons
    LCI(L)-1085 40k Sections of ex-USS LCI(L)-1085 being moved overland to Baldwin on Lake George for reassembly.
    Photo from "Mountain Steamboats: The Saga of the Lake George Steamboat Company". Used with the permission of Mr. Bill Dow, President Lake George Steamboat Company, 31 August 2003.    		 Bob Clemons
    LCI(L)-1085 43k
    LCI(L)-1085 47k Ex-USS LCI(L)-1085 the Lake George Steamboat Co.'s tour boat Ticonderoga at Baldwin on Lake George ready for launching in October 1950.
    Photo from "Mountain Steamboats: The Saga of the Lake George Steamboat Company", Used with the permission of Mr. Bill Dow, President Lake George Steamboat Company, 31 August 2003.    		 Bob Clemons
    LCI(L)-1085 64k Lake George Steamboat Co.'s tour boat Ticonderoga on Lake George, N.Y., date unknown.
    Photo from "Mountain Steamboats: The Saga of the Lake George Steamboat Company". Used with the permission of Mr. Bill Dow, President Lake George Steamboat Company, 31 August 2003.    		 Bob Clemons
    The history for USS LCI(L)-1085 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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