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The Amphibious
Forces Memorial Museum (AFMM) is an Oregon based 501c3 charitable non-profit
organization. We are a member based organization
that is dedicated to the restoration and preservation of the USS LCI 713. Our Mission is
to preserve the history of the Amphibious Forces in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam,
to educate the public on the rich naval maritime heritage that the Amphibious
Forces have played in our nation's history, and the importance of preserving
historic naval ships for future generations. The USS LCI (L)
713 is a World War II era Landing Craft Infantry. Its mission was to place up
to 200 soldiers onto almost any beach in the world. The LCI was a joint British-American design of a new type of ship that would
be capable of landing soldiers on hostile enemy shores. Within a 2 ½ year
period, 951 LCIs were constructed in ten small shipyards in the United
States. Two of those shipyards, Albina Engine and Machine and Commercial Iron
Works were in Portland, Oregon. The LCI 713 is
on the National Parks Service National Register as a historic vessel. At the
end of World War II the Navy had over 5,500
commissioned ships in service. Of that total, over half of those ships were
amphibious warfare vessels. Today, out of the many WWII Navy ships listed in
the National Register, the LCI 713 and the LST-325 are the only remaining representatives
of that half of the fleet. We have a
dedicated volunteer crew that spends each and every
Saturday working on the restoration effort. Thanks for your
interest! ****THE AFMM DOES NOT SOLICIT DONATIONS BY PHONE **** |
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December 2024 Deck Log/Elsie Newsletter |
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