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LCI(L)-64 / LCI(G)-64

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Unit Commendation
Second Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (6)
Third Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation 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)-64, 12 December 1942

During World War II LCI(L)-64 / LCI(G)-64 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, 31 August 1943
Treasury-Bougainville operation;
(a) Occupation and defense of Cape Torokina, 11 November 1943
Consolidation of the Solomon Islands;
(a) Consolidation of Northern Solomon Islands, 28 April to 15 June 1944
Western New Guinea operations;
(a) Morotai landings, 15 September 1944
Leyte operations;
(a) Mindoro landings, 12 to 18 December 1944
(b) Lingayen Gulf landing, 3 to 18 January 1945
Consolidation and occupation of the Southern Philippines;
(a) Mindanao landings, 17 to 23 April 1945

Reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Guns) LCI(G)-64, 15 June 1944

After World War II LCI(G)-64 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)

Final Disposition, sold, 5 February 1947, fate unknown.

LCI(L)-64 / LCI(G)-64 received six battle stars for World War II service

Specifications:
Displacement 216 t.(light), 234 t.(landing); 389 t.(loaded)
Length 158' 5 1/2"
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
LCI(L) Complement 3 Officers, 21 Enlisted
LCI(G) Complement 5 Officers, 65 Enlisted
LCI(L) Troop Capacity 6 Officers, 182 Enlisted
LCI(L) 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 kts; and 110 tons of fuel
LCI(L) Armament four single 20mm guns one forward, one amidship, two aft, two .50cal machine guns
LCI(G) Armament three 40mm guns (one bow mount, two forward gun deck), four 20mm guns (two well deck, two aft gun deck), four .50cal machine guns (two aft of conn, two fantail), ten MK7 rocket launchers
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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	145k	*LCI(G)-64* and *LCI(R)-337* in dry dock at Subic Bay in August 1945 for repairs "*LCI(G)-64* was dry docked in preparation for the Seventh Amphibious Force's 8 September 1945 landing at Jinsen, Korea. The landing force gathered at Okinawa and was forced to leave there early because of an oncoming typhoon. We sailed into the storm and the 64 lost her mast and radar antenna when one of the 70 ft waves broke over the ship. All the LSTs in the convoy had to tie welders out on deck to weld the deck plates that were splitting when, at the top of a wave, the ship's bow would extend out without any water under it. We reached Jinsen at night and the LSTs and LCIs anchored close to shore while the heavy ships all anchored much further out. That night all the ships anchored close to shore ended up high-and-dry because of the 28 ft tide fall. Good thing the Japs were surrendering and not shooting or we would have been in serious trouble" Frank LeTarte		Frank M. LeTarte S1/c USNR USS LCI(G)-64

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 24 September 2004