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LCI(L)-66 / LCI(G)-66

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (4) - World War II Victory Medal - 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)-66, 14 December 1942
  • During World War II LCI(L)-66 / LCI(G)-66 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    New Georgia Group operations
    Rendova-Vangunu occupation, 1 July 1943     		Consolidation of the Southern Philippines
    Mindanao Island landings 17 to 23 April 1945
    Consolidation of Solomon Islands
    Consolidation of northern Solomon Islands, 28 April to 15 June 1944     		Borneo operations
    Balikpapan operation; 26 June to 7 July 1945

  • Reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Guns) LCI(G)-66, 15 June 1944;
  • Decommissioned (date unknown)
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, sold, 2 December 1946, fate unknown
  • LCI(L)-66 / LCI(G)-66 received four 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 4 Officers, 24 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 five single 20mm guns two forward, one amidship, two aft, on some LCIs two .50 cal machine guns were added
    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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    LCI(L)-66 58k Caption: "Nope, we weren't Battleship Sailors!" - Don Hawley on the 20 mm gun aboard LCI(G) 66 wearing his normal uniform consisting of cut off dungarees and cut-down boots - period.
    Photo is from the USS LCI National Association's newsletter "The Elsie Item", March 2002, courtesy of Don Hawley, QM2/c USS LCI(G) 66.    		 Ardie Hunt
    The history for LCI(L)-66 / LCI(G)-66 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
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association
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