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LCI(L)-84


USS LCI(L)-84 was manned by the US Coast Guard
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive)
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (4) - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2)
Third Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Coast Guard Unit Commendation
LCI-1 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down at Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, TX, (date unknown)
  • Launched (date unknown)
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-84, 23 January 1943, with a Coast Guard crew, Ltjg Everett Mains, USCGR in command
  • Succeeding Commanding Officers
    LTjg R.F.Treinen, USCGR
    LTjg H.L.Read, USCGR
    LTjg Marshall S. Setman, USCGR
  • During World War II LCI(L)-84 was assigned first to the European Theater, LCI Flotilla 4, and participated in the:
  • North African occupation;
    (a) Tunisian operations, 1 June to 9 July 1943
  • Sicilian occupation, 9 to 15 July 1943
  • Salerno landings, 9 to 21 September 1943
  • Invasion of Normandy, 6 to 25 June 1944
    After participating in the invasion of France, LCI(L)-84 left the United Kingdom 4 October 1944, for
    Charleston, S.C., where she remained undergoing overhaul and repair until 15 December 1944
  • LCI(L)-84 was reassigned to the Asiatic Pacific Theater, LCI Flotilla 35
    Departing for San Diego via Key West and the Canal Zone she arrived 18 April 1945. At San Diego
    LCI(L)-84 was attached to a ship training group at Coronado, CA,, from 23 January to 4 April
    1945 before proceeding to Okinawa via Pearl Harbor, Eniwetok, Guam, Ulithi and Leyte.
  • Okinawa Gunto operation;
    (a) Okinawa Gunto Assault and occupation, 28 May to early September1945 where she was assigned
    to carrying passengers and mail between nearby islands
  • Following World War II LCI(L)-84 performed occupation duty in the Far East until 26 November 1945 which included
  • Minesweeping operations - Pacific: (Mine Destruction Unit)
    (a) Skagway (East China Sea-Ryukyus Area) - 27 October to 1 November 1945
    On 11 September 1945, LCI(L)-84 reached Wakayama as part of the Mine Destruction Unit in
    Kii Suido. On 19 October 1945, she proceeded to Sasebo where on 26 October she was designated
    a mine disposal vessel on the "skagway" sweeping operation in the East China Sea. She returned to
    Sasebo from this duty 1 November 1945, and remained there until the 12th when she proceeded to
    Nagoya. On 27 November she left Nagoya for Saipan, arriving 3 December 1945. Departing Saipan
    8 December 1945, she arrived at Galveston, Texas, 28 February 1946.
  • Decommissioned, 13 April 1946, at Orange, TX.
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, transferred to the Maritime Commissioned, 31 July 1947, for disposal
  • LCI(L)-84 earned six 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 2 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)-84/87 87k Coast Guard Flotilla 10, including LCI(L)-87 and LCI(L)-84 tied up in the background along with British landing craft, preparing to sail the English Channel and invade Nazi-occupied France. These landing craft landed US troops on Omaha Beach.
    USCG photo, date unknown.    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret
    LCI(L)-84 75k LCI(L)-84 underway, circa 1943, place unknown.
    US Navy photo from "All Hands" magazine, November 1943 issue    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret
    LCI(L)-84.87 76k LCI(L)-84 and LCI(L)-87 in an English port, date unknown. Bill Brinkley
    LCI(L)-84.87 54k LCI(L)-84 off loading troops at Slapton Beach, England, during amphibious exercises, 1944
    US National Archives image    		 Bill Brinkley
    LCI(L)-84.87 53k LCI(L)-84 off loading troops at Slapton Beach, England, during amphibious exercises, 1944
    US National Archives image    		 Bill Brinkley
    The history for LCI(L)-84 is from "The Coast Guard At War, Transports and Escorts, Volume II"
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    US Coast Guard Unit Commendation Flotilla 10 - Group 29 - Division 27
    USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association
    U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office
    The CG History Page
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