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LCI(L)-20

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, 22 January 1944)
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (3) - World War II Victory Medal
LCI-1 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, (date unknown) at New York Shipbuilding, Camden, N.J.
  • Launched (date unknown)
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-20, 11 December 1942
  • During World War II LCI(L)-20 was assigned to the European Theater LCI Flotilla 1 and participated in the:
  • Final Disposition, lost to enemy aircraft action off Anzio beach, 22 January 1944
  • Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown)
  • LCI(L)-20 received three battle stars for WWII service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 216 t.(light), 234 t.(landing), 389 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 3 officer, 21 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 four single 20mm guns one forward, one amidship, two aft, later added two .50 cal machine guns
    Fuel Capacity 130 tons, lube oil 200 gal.
    Propulsion two sets of 4 GM diesels, 4 per shaft, BHP 1,600, twin variable pitch propellers
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    LCI(L)-20 62k LCI(L)-20 off-loading troops, date and place unknown. USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association
    LCI(L)-20 17k LCI(L)-20 moored, date and place unknown. Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
    LCI(L)-20 69k LCI(L)-20 in the background of photo depicting troops paddling LCR(L) Landing Craft, rubber (Large) rafts
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, July 1944 issue    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret
    LCI(L)-20 120k LCI(L)-20 after being struck by a German bomb off the beaches at Anzio, 22 January 1944. Tom Hunter, photo by his father Bruce Hunter RM1/c USS LCI(L)-193
    LCI(L)-20 115k HMS LCI(L)-274, USS LCI(L)-20 and USS LCI(L)-39 beached while landing assault troops at Anzio, 22 January 1944. LCI(L)-20 suffered a direct hit by a German bomb aft of midships and was abandoned. Photo courtesy Gordon Smith QM1/c USS LCI(L)-43 to the USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association. Ardie Hunt
    The history for LCI(L)-20 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
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association
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