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LCI(L)-61 / LCI(G)-61

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (5)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippine Liberation Medal

LCI-1 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large): Laid down, (date unknown), at Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, TX.; Launched (date unknown); Commissioned USS LCI(L)-61, 12 November 1942; During World War II LCI(L)-61 / LCI(G)-61 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the:

New Georgia Group operations:
(a) New Georgia-Rendova-Vangunu occupation, 1 and 4 July 1943
(b) Vella Lavella occupation, 15 August 1943
Treasury-Bougainville operation;
(a) Treasury Island landing, 27 October1943
(b) Occupation and defense of Cape Torokina, 11 November 1943
Consolidation of Solomon Islands;
(a) Consolidation of Northern Solomons, 28 April to 15 June, 5 to 6 May, and 15 June 1944
Consolidation of the Southern Philippines;
(a) Mindanao landings, 17 to 23 April 1945
Borneo operation, 7 June 1945;
(a) Bilikpapan operation, 26 June to 7 July 1945

Reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Guns) LCI(G)-61, 15 June 1944; After the war LCI(G)-61 performed occupation duty in the Far East, including service in China from 9 September to 11 November 1945; Decommissioned (date unknown); Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown); Transferred to the Maritime; Commission for disposal, (date unknown); Final Disposition, sold, 17 January 1951 by the Maritime Commission, fate unknown. LCI(L)-61 received five battle stars for World War II 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 LCI(L), 2 officers 21 enlisted, LCI(G) 4 officers 53 enlisted; LCI(L) 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; LCI(L) Armament, four single 20mm guns one forward, one amidship, two aft, LCI(G) Armament, ten rocket launchers, two 40mm guns, four 20mm guns, and six .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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U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
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USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association

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