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LCI(L)-26

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 (8) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal (3)

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)-26, 8 December 1942

During World War II LCI(L)-26 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater LCI Flotilla 7 Group 19 and participated in the:

Eastern New Guinea operation;
(a) Lae occupation, 4 to 6 September 1943
(b) Finschhafen occupation, 22 September 1943
(c) Saidor occupation, 2 to 3 January 1944
Bismarck Archipelago operation;
(a) Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 26 to 27 December 1943
Hollandia operation, 21 to 25 April 1944
Western New Guinea operations;
(a) Toem-Wakde-Salmi area operation, 17 May 1944
(b) Biak Island operation, 27 to 1 June 1944
(c) Morotai landings, 15 September 1944
Luzon operation;
(a) Lingayen Gulf landings, January 1945
Manila Bay-Bicol operation;
(a) Mariveles-Corregidor, February 1945
(b) Zambales-Subic Bay, February 1945
Consolidation of the southern Philippines;
(a) Mindanao Island landings, March 1945
Borneo operation;
(a) Brunei Bay, 10 June 1945

Decommissioned, (date unknown)

Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown)

Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 9 October 1947

Final Disposition, fate unknown LCI(L)-26 received eight 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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	80k	*LCI(L)-26* beached in New Guinea, autumn 1943. "We painted a shark's mouth on the bow. At the time 'Tokyo Rose' made a remark on the radio saying that she welcomed us to New Guinea and that the shark's mouth made a good target for Japanese shore batteries!" Milt "Boats" Curcio USS LCI-26		Milt "Boats" Curcio BM2/c USS LCI(L)-26 to the USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association

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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