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LCI(L)-70 / LCI(G)-70

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, January 1945 enroute Lingayen Gulf) - Presidential Unit Citation (2) (Bougainville & Lingayen Gulf) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (7) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippine Liberation Medal
Personnel Medal

Purple Heart, 3-KIA, 6-WIA, (2-KIA and 6-WIA January 1945, enroute to Lingayen Gulf landings)
LCI-1 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, (date unknown) at Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, TX.
  • Launched (date unknown)
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-70, 24 December 1942
  • Reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Guns) LCI(G)-70, 15 June 1944;
  • During World War II LCI(L)-70 / LCI(G)-70 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    New Georgia Group operation
    New Georgia; Rendova-Vangunu occupation, 1 to 4 July 1943     		Western New Guinea operations
    Morotai landings, 15 September 1944
    Treasury-Bougainville operations
    Treasury Island landing, 1 to 6 November 1943
    Occupation and defense of Cape Torokina, 5 and 8 November 1943     		Luzon operation
    Mindoro landings, 12 to 18 December 1944
    Lingayen Gulf landing, 4 to 18 January 1945
    Bismarck Archipelago operation
    Green Islands landing, 15 to 19 February 1944     		Borneo operation
    Brunei Bay operation, 10 June 1945
    Consolidation of Solomon Islands
    Consolidation of northern Solomons. 28 April to 15 June 1944     		.

  • Decommissioned (date unknown)
  • Struck from the Naval Register in 1946
  • Final Disposition, sold, 3 December 1946, fate unknown LCI(L)-70 / LCI(G)-70 received seven battle stars for World War services.

    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 two 40mm guns, four 20mm guns, six .50cal machine guns, 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)-70 29k LCI(L)-70 beached with one ramp down, notice camouflage netting over the ship, date and place unknown. Hyperwar US Navy in WWII
    LCI(L)-70 93k LCI(G)-70 at anchor, date and place unknown. Note 3" 50 Gun mounted in gun tub. Photo from the USS LCI National Association's newsletter The Elsie Item, December 1996 issue Ardie Hunt
    LCI(L)-70 102k A hole in the side of LCI(G)-70 from a torpedo hit. The torpedo bounced through the side and came to rest on her engines, killing one man. Photo from the USS LCI National Association's 2006 calendar. Ardie Hunt
    LCI(L)-70 102k The crew of LCI(G)-70 with the Japanese torpedo that did not explode after hitting them and ending up in the ships engine room. They took this picture as proof of their good fortune. Photo from the USS LCI National Association's newsletter "The Elsie Item", December 2005 issue, courtesy, Leo Janetis USS LCI(G)-68 Ardie Hunt
    LCI(L)-70 251k Part of the crew of LCI(G)-70 with the Japanese torpedo that did not explode after hitting them and ending up in the ships engine room. Photo from the USS LCI National Association's newsletter "The Elsie Item", March 2001 issue, courtesy, Leo Janetis USS LCI(G)-68 Ardie Hunt
    The history for LCI(L)-70 / LCI(G)-70 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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