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LCI(L)-24 / LCI(G)-24

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive 4 July 1943) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (5) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal (1)
Individual Awards

Purple Heart (2 KIA, 3 WIA, 4 July 1943)

LCI-1 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):

Laid down, at New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, N.J. (date unknown)

Launched (date unknown)

Commissioned USS LCI(L)-24, 8 December 1942.

During World War II LCI(L)-24 / LCI(G)-24 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater, LCI Flotilla 1 and participated in the:

New Georgia Group operations;
(a) New Georgia, Rendova, Vanguau occupation, 30 June, 4 July 1943
(b) Vella Lavella occupation, 15 August 1943
Treasury-Bougainville operations;
(a) Treasury Island landing, 27 October 1943
Consolidation of the Solomon Island;
(a) Consolidation of Northern Solomon Islands. 14-15 April, 28 April to 15 June 1944;
Consolidation and capture of the Southern Philippines;
(a) Mindanao Island landings, 17 to 23 April 1945
Borneo operations;
(a) Balikpapan operation, 26 June to 7 July 1945

Redesignated Landing Craft Guns LCI(G)-24, 15 June 1944;

Decommissioned, (date unknown);

Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown);

Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, (date unknown);

Final Disposition, sold, 13 December 1946, fate unknown. LCI(L)-24 / LCI(G)-24 received five battle stars for WWII service

Specifications:
Displacement 216 t.(light), 234 t.(landing); 389 t.(loaded)
Length 158' 5 1/2"
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
LCI(L) Complement 3 Officers, 21 Enlisted
LCI(G) Complement 5 Officers, 65 Enlisted
LCI(L) Troop Capacity 6 Officers, 182 Enlisted
LCI(L) 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
LCI(L) Armament four single 20mm guns one forward, one amidship, two aft, two .50cal machine guns
LCI(G) Armament two 40mm guns, four 20mm guns, six .50cal machine guns, ten MK7 rocket launchers
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

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
	87k	*LCI(L)-23, LCI(L)-24, LCI(L)-65* and *LCI(L)-63* beached on Rendova Island in the Solomons, 4 July 1943, being unloaded after a bombing raid. A bomb hit between the 24 and 65 which caused the ships to list and come to rest on the bottom. *LCI(L)-24* lost 2 dead and 3 wounded. Survivors spent an uneasy night in foxholes on the beach watching the gunfire flare from the naval Battle of Kula Gulf. Photo from the USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association 2004 Calendar, courtesy Lou Plant SM1/c, USS LCI(L)-24.		Ardie Hunt
	85k	*LCI(L)-24* landing the New Zealand 3rd Division Brigade on heavily defended Mono Island in the Treasury Island Group, 27 October 1943. Photo from the USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association 2005 Calendar, courtesy Lou Plant SM1/c, USS LCI(L)-24.		Ardie Hunt

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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Last Updated 10 June 2005