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USS LCI(L)-1095


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Zulu - Uniform - Mike
 NZUM
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 - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia clasp)
LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, 30 September 1944, at DeFoe Ship Building Co. Bay City, MI.
  • Launched, 3 October 1944
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-1095, 7 October 1944, LTjg. P. M. Krueger, USNR in command
  • During World War II USS LCI(L)-1095 was assigned to the Asiatic Pacific Theater:
    LCI Flotilla Thirteen, (flagship) CDR. M. B. Brown USN (33);
     LCI Group Fifty-Seven, LCDR. A. J. Ormstom
     LCI Division One Hundred-Fourteen
  • Following World War II USS LCI(L)-1095 was assigned to Occupation in the Far East for the following periods:

    Navy Occupation Service Medal
    2 to 8 October 1945
    28 October to 1 November 1945
    7 to 9 November 1945
    17 to 19 November 1945
  • Decommissioned, 1 June 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Transferred to the Schools and Organizations Administration, 5 February 1948
  • Registered in 1948 by Miami Power Squadron as yacht Miposq
  • Out of documentation in 1961
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    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 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 800 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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    The history for LCI(L)-1095 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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