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LCI(L)-27

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (4) - World War II Victory Medal

LCI-1 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):

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

Launched (date unknown)

Commissioned USS LCI(L)-27, 8 December 1942

During World War II LCI(L)-27 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in:

**Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns**
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Eastern New Guinea operation Lae occupation, 4 to 6 September 1943 Finschhafen occupation, 22 September 1943 Saidor occupation, 2 to 3 January 1944	Hollandia operation 21 to 25 April 1944
Bismarck Archipelago operation Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 26 to 27 December 1943	Western New Guinea operation Toem-Wakde-Salmi area operation, 17 May 1944 Biak Island operation, 27 to 1 June 1944 Morotai landings, 15 September 1944

Decommissioned, (date unknown)

Struck from the Naval Register in 1946

Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 9 October 1947

Final Disposition, fate unknown

LCI(L)-27 received four 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

Size	Image Description	Source
54k	*LCI(L)-27* enroute to Guam, date unknown. Photo from USS LCI National Association's Newsletter "The Elsie Item", April 2005 issue. Photo courtesy of Richard C. Maconi	Ardie Hunt
188k	*LCI(L)-27* crewmember Richard Maconi aboard *LCI(L)-27, date and place unknown. Photo from USS LCI National Association's Newsletter "The Elsie Item", April 2005 issue. Photo courtesy of Richard C. Maconi USS LCI(L)-27*	Ardie Hunt
72k	US Marines debark from *LCI(L)-27* and *LCI(L)-226* probably during a practice landing prior to the landing at Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 26-27 December 1943. Life-Time photo from "Life" magazine issue of March 27, 1944.	Ardie Hunt for his father Arden L. Hunt SM3/c USS LCI(R)-72
57k	*LCI(L)-27* in drydock at San Pedro Bay, Leyte, Philippines in early 1945. Note the imaginative use of standard 5x8x5 steel "cubes" bolted together to form a drydock. The cubes were also used to form other assemblies such as motor-driven yard barges, floating docks and floating platforms for quonset huts. Photo from USS LCI National Association's Newsletter "The Elsie Item", August 2005 issue. Photo courtesy of Richard C. Maconi USS LCI(L)-27	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 7 April 2006