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Lost to enemy action, 4 April 1945

LCI(L)-82 / LCI(G)-82

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, 4 April 1945) - Navy Unit Commendation
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (6) - World War II Victory 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)-82, 20 January 1943;

Reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Guns) LCI(G)-82, 15 June 1944;

During World War II LCI(L)-82 / LCI(G)-82 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater LCI Flotilla 3 Group 7 Division 13 and participated in the:

**Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns**
Campaigns and Dates	Campaigns and Dates
Aleutian operations Invasion of Kiska, 15 August 1943	Tinian capture and occupation 24 to 28 July 1944
Marshall Islands operation; Occupation of Kwajalein and Majuro Atolls, 31 January to 8 February 1944 Occupation and Eniwetok Atoll, 17 February - 2 March 1944	Western Caroline Islands operation; Capture and occupation of southern Palau Islands, 6 September to 1 October 1944
Marianas operation; Capture and occupation of Saipan, 15 June to 28 July 1944	Okinawa Gunto operation; Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 25 March to 4 April 1945

Lost by enemy action, 4 April 1945, at Okinawa;

Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown).

LCI(L)-82 / LCI(G)-82 received six battle stars for World War II service in addition to the Navy Unit Commendation as a member of LCI(G) Flotilla 3 (31 January to 28 July 1944) for Occupation of Kwajalein and Eniwetok Atolls in the Marshall Islands and Capture and occupation of Saipan, Guam and Tinian in the Marianas

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

Size	Image Description	Source
103k	From left to right *LCI(L)-78, LCI(L)-77, LCI(L)-82* and *LCI(L)-81* at Amchitka harbor, AK. in readiness for the Kiska invasion, August 1943.	Ed Storey
110k	*LCI(L)-82* landing the Canadian 13th Brigade on Kiska Island in August 1943. Public Archives of Canada photo PA163409.	Ed Storey
369k	"All Hands" Magazine article describing the sinking of *LCI(G)-82* while on picket duty off Buckner Bay, Okinawa, 4 April 1945.	James E. Mertz for his father Edward H. Mertz MoMM3/c USS LCI(G)-79

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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