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Lost due to enemy action, 6 June 1944

LCI(L)-91

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive-6 June 1944 Normandy) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Coast Guard Unit Commendation
Individual Awards

Silver Star (LTjg Arend Vyn Jr. CO LCI(L)-91) - Purple Heart (9 crew members)
LTjg. Vyn was also awarded the French Croix De Guerre

LCI-1 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):

Laid down (date unknown), at Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, TX.

Launched (date unknown)

Commissioned USS LCI(L)-91, 6 February 1943, with a Coast Guard crew, LTjg. Robert Barbee, USCGR, in command

Succeeding Commanding Officer, LTjg Arend Vyn Jr., USCGR in command, circa September 1943

LCI(L)-91 was assigned to the European Theater, LCI Flotilla 4, Capt. M. E. Imlay, USCG in command, (Flotilla 10 at Normandy) and participated in the:

**European-African-Middle East Campaigns**
Campaigns and Dates	Campaigns and Dates
North African Occupation Tunisian operation, 1 June to 9 July 1943	Salerno landings, 9 September 1943
Sicilian occupation, 9 July 1943	Invasion of Normandy, 6 June 1944

LCI(L)-91 was lost due to enemy action at Omaha Beach, Normandy, France, 6 June 1944

Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)

LCI(L)-91 earned four battle stars for service during world war II

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

Size	Image Description	Source
26k	*LCI(L)-91* enroute between Key West and Norfolk, after commissioning at TX., circa February-March 1943.	Franklin Vyn
88k	*LCI(L)-91* Army troops landing at Virginia Beach during training exercises, date unknown. US Navy photo.	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
94k	*LCI(L)-91* along with the rest of *LCI Flotilla Two* and *LCI Flotilla Four* ready to sail to North Africa with the Third Infantry Division.	Bill Brinkley
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
92k	*LCI(L)-91* in dry dock at La Goulette, Tunisia, to have her bottom scrapped and painted. From left to right: Far left, unknown, possibly Clarence Dahl, Harold Curtis, William McDonahue, William Davis, and Chief Erle Morgan, circa, 1943.	Valerie Vierk
91k	*LCI(L)-91* in dry dock at La Goulette, circa, 1943.	Valerie Vierk
75k	*LCI(L)-91* crew, circa, after October 1943 but before June 6, 1944.	Franklin Vyn
79k	*LCI(L)-91* on the Dart River in Great Britain prior to the D-day invasion of France, 1944.	Franklin Vyn
27k	*LCI(L)-91* and *LCI(L)-92* enroute to Omaha Beach, Normandy, France, June 1944.	James Mateyack
51k	Hulk of *LCI(L)-91* off the coast of France, date unknown	James Mateyack
44k	The bottom of *LCI(L)-91* was opened up by a surface mine buried in the sand below the ship during high tide. If the water was deeper the ship would be on the bottom out of sight. Photo is from "Omaha Beachhead", published by the War Department in September 1945, page 167.	Franklin Vyn
49k	The hulk of *LCI(L)-91* at Easy Red, Omaha Beach after D-Day, 6 June 1944	Photo by John H. Harry Kellers GM3/c USS LCT-539
72k	*LCI(L)-91* crew members, at left, Jim Atterberry, died on D-Day, right Aloyzy Coffill, wounded on D-Day.	Valerie Vierk
75k	*LCI(L)-91* crew members, at left, Ernest "Hawkeye" Johnson, died on D-Day, right Homer Kinsey sometimes called "Catfish", or "Shorty."	Valerie Vierk
121k	*LCI(L)-91* crew member, John O'Malley, ships cook LCI(L)-91, 1943.	Valerie Vierk
60k	*LCI(L)-91* Capt. John O'Malley USCG.	Valerie Vierk
54k	*LCI(L)-91* crewmember Bob Morris SM1/c, date and place unknown.	Valerie Vierk
58k	Five *LCI(L)-91* crewmembers,at Bermuda while enroute to North Africa in 1943. Only John Rametti, far left, is identified in this photo.	Valerie Vierk

The history for LCI(L)-91 is from "The Coast Guard At War, Transports and Escorts, Volume II"

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
SAND 91 WW-II USCG LCI-91 Veterans & Family Mailing List

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
"Omaha Beachhead" USCG LCI(L)-91 Pictures
USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association
D-Day: 6 June 1944: The US Coast Guard at Normandy
LCI(L)-91 Action Report for 6 June 1944.
LCI(L)-91 Loss of Ship Report
LCI(L)-91 Casualty Report
LCI(L)-91 Crew Award Recommendations
LCI(L)-91 Commanding Officer, LTjg Arend Vyn Jr. USCGR Award Recommendation
U.S. Coast Guard Historian's Office - USS LCI(L)-91

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