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LCI(L)-221

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (4) - World War II Victory Medal
LCI-1 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, (date unknown) at George Lawley and Sons, Neponset, MA.
  • Launched (date unknown)
  • Commissioned as USS LCI(L)-221, 30 November 1942 During World War II LCI(L)-221 was assigned to the European Theater and participated in the:
  • Decommissioned (date unknown)
  • Struck from the Naval Register in 1946
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 6 June 1947, for disposal
  • LCI(L) earned four 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 3 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)-221 35k LCI(L)-221 off-loading troops at Gela, Sicily, July 1943 Hyperwar US Navy
    in World War II
    LCI(L)-221 43k LCI(L)-221 off-loading troops, date and place unknown.
    US National Archives image    		 Bill Brinkley
    LCI(L)-221 43k LCI(L)-221 taking on AXIS prisoners on a Sicilian beach, July 22, 1943. The prisoners were transferred to larger ships further out to sea and then transported out of the war to North Africa.
    AP Wirephoto, 1943.    		 Wes Stone, Lusby, MD. In memory of the men who trained at the USNATB Solomons
    LCI(L)-221,75,19 46k LCI(L)-221, LCI(L)-75 and LCI(L)-19 showing the damage inflicted on LCI(L)-75 from a collision with LCI(L)-193, date and place unknown. Tom Hunter for his father Bruce Hunter RM3/c USS LCI(L)-193
    LCI(L)-39 82k LCI(L)-39, LCI(L)-237, LCI(L)-221, and LCI(L)-76 moored at Elbe Island, date unknown. Ed Storey
    The history for LCI(L)-221 is from USS LCI "Landing Craft Infantry", Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1995. (ISBN 1-56311-262-0)
    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
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