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USS LCI(L)-47


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Charlie - Hotel - India
 NCHI
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (4) - World War II Victory Medal
LCI-1 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, 4 November 1942, at New York Shipbuilding Co., Camden, N.J.
  • Launched, 10 December 1942
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-47, 9 February 1943
  • During World War II USS LCI(L)-47 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

    Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign
    Campaigns and Dates Campaigns and Dates
    Sicilian occupation, 9 to 15 July 1943 West Coast of Italy operations
    Anzio-Nuttuno advanced landings, 22 to 23 January and 29 January to 4 February 1944
    Elba and Pianosa landings, 17 June 1944
    Salerno landings, 9 to 21 September 1943 Invasion of Southern France, 15 August to 16 September 1944

  • Decommissioned, 24 April 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register in 1946
  • USS LCI(L)-47 earned four battle stars for World War II service
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 22 January 1948
  • Registered in 1949 at Oyster Bay, N.Y. as fishing boat Iron Oyster
  • Registered in 1961 at Salisbury MD. freighter Marylander, homeported at Cambridge, MD.
  • Out of documentation in 1986
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 236 t.(light), 264 t.(landing), 419 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
    4 officers
    24 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
    five single 20mm guns, one bow mounted, one each port and starboard forward of wheelhouse, one each port and starboard aft of wheelhouse
    on some LCIs two .50 cal machine guns were added
    Fuel Capacity
    Diesel 860 Bbls
    lube oil 200 gal
    Propulsion
    two sets of 4 General Motors 6051 series 71 Diesel engines, 4 per shaft
    single General Motors Main reduction gears
    two Diesel-drive 30Kw 120V D.C. Ship's Service Generators
    twin variable pitch propellers, 2,320shp
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    LCI-943 114k LCIs moored at Bizerte, Tunisia, circa May 1944 (from left to right):
    USS LCI(L)-952,
    USS LCI(L)-39,
    USS LCI(L)-592,
    USS LCI(L)-595,
    USS LCI(L)-943,
    USS LCI(L)-529,
    USS LCI(L)-47, and
    USS LCI(L)-526    		 Photo by Robert W. Van Keuren CO USS LCI(L)-665
    LCI-47 155k At 1630 on 15 August 1944 USS LCI(L)-47 beached on Red Beach (Alpha) off Southern France. There, she offloaded her complement of 126 replacement troops of the Third Division taken onboard at Pozzuoli, Italy six days before. Less than 15 minutes later, she received 152 German POW's and their seven US Army guards for transport to Naples, Italy. These represented a relative handful of the 7,000 Nazis captured during the opening days of the invasion of Southern France. They were uneventfully delivered two days later.
    Army Radiotelephoto RW 734177 from Acme 8/8/44.    		 Brian Miller
    LCI-47
    1015004702     		146k USS LCI(L)-47 beached in Southern France, 16 August 1944, taking German Prisoners aboard.
    Frame image from a short film named "Invasion of Southern France: German Prisoners, Beachhead scenes, and PT Boast Refueling" Dept. of Defense. Dept. of the Navy. Naval Photographic Center. US National Archives Identifier 77348; Local Identifier: 428-NPC_5103; NAIL Control No. NWDNW(m)-428-NPC-5103    		 David Upton
    LST-261
    1016026102    		 289k USS LST-261 moored along with USS LSM-398 and USS LCI(L)-47 and two unidentified PT Boats, at Jeffersonville Bridge and Machine Co., Jeffersonville, IN., date unknown. Bill Glass
    LST-261
    1016026103    		 388k
    LST-261 85k USS LST-261 moored along with USS LSM-398 and USS LCI(L)-47 at Jeffersonville Bridge and Machine Co., https://www.navsource.org/archives/10/15/ Jeffersonville, IN., date unknown. Tommy Trampp
    LCI-47 46k USS LCI(L)-47 moored at Jeffersonville Bridge and Machine Co., Jeffersonville, IN., date unknown. Tommy Trampp
    LCI-47
    1015004704    		 282k USS LCI(L)-47 moored at Jeffersonville Bridge and Machine Co., Jeffersonville, IN. with two unidentified PT boats, date unknown Bill Glass
    LCI-47
    1015004705    		 329k USS LCI(L)-47 beached at Jeffersonville Bridge and Machine Co., Jeffersonville, IN. with two unidentified PT boats, date unknown Bill Glass
    The history for USS LCI(L)-47 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 - Navy Log
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association
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