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LCI(L)-92

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 (4) - World War II Victory Medal - Coast Guard Unit Commendation

Silver Star (LT Robert M. Salmon CO LCI(L)-92) - Purple Heart (number unknown for 6 June 1944) -
LCI-1 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, 9 November 1942, at Consolidated Steel Corp., Orange, TX.
  • Launched, 3 January 1943
  • Accepted by the Navy, 12 February 1943
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-92, 15 February 1943, with a Coast Guard crew, LT. Robert M. Salmon, USCGR in command
  • LCI(L)-92 jointed LCI Flotilla 4, Group 10, Division 20 at Galveston, TX, under the command of Captain Myles Imlay, USCG. (Flotilla 10 at Normandy)
  • LCI(L)-92 and the rest of the Flotilla were assigned to the European Theater and participated in the:
  • North African occupation;
    (a) Tunisian operation, 1 June to 9 June 1943
  • Sicilian occupation, 9 June 1943
  • Salerno landings, 9 September 1943
  • Invasion of Normandy, 6 June 1944
  • LCI(L)-92 was lost due to enemy action at Omaha Beach, Normandy, France, 6 June 1944. At 0810 on D-Day, and explosion occurred in Troop Compartment #1 causing the compartment to catch on fire. LCI(L)-92 was consequently stranded on Normandy beach, holed and burned out
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 13 November 1944
  • LCI(L)-92 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
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    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)-91.LCI-92 63k LCI(L)-91 and LCI(L)-92 enroute to Omaha Beach, Normandy, France, June 1944. James Mateyack and Bill Brinkley
    LCI(L)-92 99k LCI(L)-92on Omaha Beach, D-Day, 6 June 1944. The actual caption of the photos reads "The stern of the wrecked LCT 2337, is shown, and a section of floating dock in the foreground; left, is the US LCI 92. Right, is the LCT 199 and in the background LST 543 is being battered by the surf, somewhere along the coast of France, June 21, 1944."
    US Coast Guard photo # SC 193919    		 James Mateyack
    LCI(L)-92 70k LCI(L)-92 lays abandoned on Omaha Beach on D-Day, 6 June. Photo was taken several days after D-Day 1944. Note the hull number has been removed for censorship purposes. Franklin Vyn
    LCI(L)-92 26k LCI(L)-92 abandoned on Omaha Beach, Normandy, France, after D-Day. Note bulldozers attempting to move or secure the ship. Franklin Vyn
    LCI(L)-92 26k LCI(L)-92 abandoned on Omaha Beach, Normandy, France, after D-Day. James Mateyack
    LCI(L)-92 71k Close-up view of damage sustained by LCI(L)-92 at Omaha Beach, Normandy, France, on D-Day. 6 June 1944. James Mateyack and Bill Brinkley
    LCI(L)-92 47k LCI(L)-92 at Omaha Beach, Normandy, France, June 1944 after being abandoned by her crew on D-Day.
    National Archives image    		 Bill Brinkley
    LCI(L)-92 18k Close-up view of damage sustained by LCI(L)-92 at Omaha Beach, Normandy, France, on D-Day. 6 June 1944. James Mateyack
    LCI(L)-92 23k Close-up view of damage sustained by LCI(L)-92 at Omaha Beach, Normandy, France, on D-Day. 6 June 1944. James Mateyack
    The history for LCI(L)-92 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
    USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association
    US Coast Guard Manned Vessels
    D-Day: 6 June 1944: The US Coast Guard at Normandy
    "Invasion: The Story of the LCI(L)-92 in the Invasion of Normandy on June 6, 1944" by Photographer's Mate 3/c Seth Shepard
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