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LCI(L)-90


USS LCI(L)-90 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 14 June 1945)
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (4) - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1)
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 (date unknown) at Consolidated Steel Corp., Shipbuilding Div., Orange, TX.
  • Launched (date unknown)
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-90, 6 February 1943, with a Coast Guard crew, LTjg. William E. Stevens, USCGR in command
  • Succeeding Commanding Officer
    LTjg William H. Nadon, USCGR
  • LCI(L)-90 was assigned to the European Theater, LCI Flotilla 4, Capt. M. E. Imlay, USCG in command, (Flotilla 10 at Normandy) and participated in the:
  • North African occupation:
    (a) Tunisian operation, 1 June to 9 July 1943
  • Sicilian occupation, 6 July 1943
  • Salerno landings, 6 September 1943
  • Invasion of Normandy, 6 June 1944
    7 June to 4 October 1944, LCI(L)-90 performed ferry and escort duty between England and France,
    departing Falmouth, England 5 October for Charleston, S.C.
  • Arriving Charleston 24 October 1944 for availability and refit
  • Departing Charleston 5 December 1944 for Little Creek, VA. and Solomon Island, MD. for amphibious training
  • Departing Norfolk, Va., 13 December 1944, for San Diego, via Key West and Canal Zone
  • Arriving San Diego, and being attached to the Amphibious Training Group there until departing for Okinawa, 20 April 1945, via Pearl Harbor, Eniwetok, Guam, Ulithi, and Leyte
  • Okinawa operation;
    (a) Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto - 3 to 14 June 1945
    Arrived off Okinawa, 3 June 1945 where she was assigned to making smoke until hit by a Japanese
    suicide plane 14 June 1945, thus departing for Saipan and Leyte for repairs
  • Departed Leyte for Glaveston TX, in early December 1945 arriving there 14 February 1946
  • Decommissioned, 8 April 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown)
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 13 November 1947, for disposal
  • LCI(L)-90 earned 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 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)-90 16k Cdr. Jack Dempsey USCGR along with two unidentified crew members of LCI(L)-90, date and place unknown. James F. Mateyack for Bobby Smith USS LCI(L)-90
    LCI(L)-90,91,92,92,94, 74k From outboard to inboard LCI(L)-92, LCI(L)-94, LCI(L)-90, LCI(L)-93, and LCI(L)-91, at Port Lyautey, Morocco, in May 1943. James Mateyack
    LCI(L)-90 42k LCI(L)-90 beached while practicing landings troops for the Normandy invasion. Photo was taken in late-April, early-May 1944, place unknown.
    US Army Signal Corps photo.    		 Ramon Jackson
    LCI(L)-90 62k LCI(L)-90 alongside an unidentified transport off the Normandy invasion beaches loading US Army soldiers for the run into the beachhead, or returning wounded from the beachhead, circa 6 June 1944 Bill Brinkley
    The history for LCI(L)-90 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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