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LCI(L)-94


USS LCI(L)-94 was manned by the US Coast Guard during World War II
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)
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

Silver Star (LT. Gene R. Gislason, CO LCI 94) - Purple Heart (1-WIA, 6 June 1944, Invasion of Normandy)
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)-94, 15 February 1943, with a Coast Guard crew, LT. Gene R. Gislason USCGR in command
  • Succeeding Commanding Officer
    LTjg Joel B. Beckwith USCGR
  • During World War II LCI(L)-94 was assigned to the European Theater LCI Flotilla 4 (LCI Flotilla 10 at Normandy), Capt. M. E. Imlay, USCG in command, and participated in the following campaigns:
    Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign 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

  • After the initial landings at Normandy LCI(L)-94 directed trans-channel traffic and escorted landing craft until departing England, 5 October 1944, for Charleston, S.C. and two month availability
  • Assigned to LCI Flotilla 35 for Asiatic-Pacific duty LCI(L)-94 departed Charleston, 15 December 1944, for Little Creek, VA. and Solomon Island, MD. for amphibious training
  • LCI(L)-94 departed Norfolk, VA., 28 December 1944, for San Diego, via Key West and Panama Canal, arriving, 23 January 1945, for assignment to the Ship Training Group, Naval Repair Base for amphibious training.
  • LCI(L)-94 departed San Diego, 8 April 1945, for Okinawa, via Pearl Harbor, Eniwetok, Guam and Ulithi. Arriving, 30 May 1945 LCI(L)-94 participated in the following campaigns:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 30 May to 2 September 1945     		Minesweeping operations - Pacific (Mine Destruction Unit)
    Wakanoura-Kii (Honshu Area), 8 to 19 September 1945
    Klondike (East China Sea-Ryukyus area) 26 October to 1 November 1945

  • Following the War LCI(L)-94 performed occupation duty in the Far East, 2 September to 25 November 1945
  • LCI(L)-94 departed Sasebo, Japan, 25 November 1945, for Galveston, TX. via Guam, Wake Island, Pearl Harbor, San Diego and the Panama Canal
  • Decommissioned, 19 April 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, transferred to the Maritime Commissioned, 13 November 1947, for disposal
  • LCI(L)-94 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)-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)-94, 44k LCI(L)-94 off Slapton Sands, England, prior to the Normandy invasion, circa May 1944 Bill Brinkley
    LCI(L)-94, 24k LCI(L)-94 in port southern England
    US National Archives image    		 Bill Brinkley
    LCI(L)-94, 135k LCI(L)-94 underway, date and place unknown.
    US Coast Guard photo.    		 US Coast Guard Historian's Office
    The history for LCI(L)-94 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 - USS LCI(L)-94
    The CG History Page
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