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LCI(L)-30

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (4) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia Clasp)

LCI-1 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large): Laid down, (date and place unknown); Launched (date unknown); Commissioned USS LCI(L)-30, 31 December 1942. During World War II LCI(L)-30 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in:

Eastern New Guinea operation;
(a) Lae occupation, 4 to 6 September 1943
(b) Finschhafen occupation, 22 September 1943
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 May to 1 June 1944
(c) Morotai landings, 15 September 1944

Decommissioned, (date unknown); Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown); Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 6 March 1948; Final Disposition, fate unknown. LCI(L)-30 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 2 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, two .50cal 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.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
	57k	*LCI(L)-30* putting troops of second wave ashore at Sarni, Dutch New Guinea, 17 Mary 1944 US Coast Guard photo for "All Hands" magazine, July 1944 issue.		Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.

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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