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LCI(L)-68 / LCI(G)-68

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 (5) - 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)-68, 17 December 1942
  • During World War II LCI(L)-68 / LCI(G)-68 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    New Georgia Group operations
    New Georgia-Rendova-Vangunu occupation, 30 June 1943
    Vella Lavella occupation, 15 August 1943     		Leyte operations
    Leyte landings, 13 October to 29 November 1944
    Consolidation of Solomon Islands
    Consolidation of northern Solomon Islands, 4 to 5 February; 18 to 19 February; 28 April to 15 June 1944     		Luzon operation
    Mindoro landings; 12 to 18 December 1944
    Lingayen Gulf landing - 4 to 18 January 1945
    Western New Guinea operations
    Morotai landings, 15 September 1944     		.

  • Reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Guns) LCI(G)-68, 15 June 1944
  • Decommissioned (date unknown), at San Diego, CA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, sold, 5 December 1946, fate unknown
  • LCI(L)-68 / LCI(G)-68 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 3 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, later added two .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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    LCI(L)-68 141k LCI(L)-68 casing off or coming alongside, date and place unknown.
    Photo from the USS LCI National Association's newsletter "The Elsie Item", September 1998 issue. Photo courtesy Leo Janetis BM3/c.    		 Ardie Hunt
    The history for LCI(L)-68 / LCI(G)-68 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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