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LCI(L)-226 / LCI(R)-226

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (8) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal
LCI-1 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down at George Lawley & Sons Corp., Neponset, MA. (date unknown)
  • Launched (date unknown);
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-226, 14 December 1942;
  • During World War II LCI(L)-226 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater LCI Flotilla 7 Group 19, and participated in the:
  • LCI(L)-226 was redesignated Landing Craft Rockets LCI(R)-226, 10 July 1945;
  • Decommissioned in February 1946, at San Diego, CA.;
  • Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown);
  • Final Disposition, sold 13 March 1947, fate unknown.
  • LCI(L)-226 received eight battle stars for WWII 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)-226 96k LCI(L)-226 during training at Solomon's Island, MD., January 1943
    US Navy photo    		 Ardie Hunt for his father
    Arden L. Hunt SM3/c USS LCI(R)-226, 20 July 1944 to 13 April 1945).
    LCI(L)-226 136k "As the 226 moves in for landing, camouflaged troops huddle in the forward well deck. Fretted landing ramp at right will shoot forward and flop down on beach." Photo caption from March 27, 1944 issue of "Life" magazine. Story by John Hersey. The story covered the history of LCI(L) 226 from commissioning on 14 December 1942 to the landings at Cape Gloucester, New Britain on 26 December 1943.
    Life Time photos, by O. Landon Miles    		 Ardie Hunt for his father
    Arden L. Hunt SM3/c USS LCI(R)-226, 20 July 1944 to 13 April 1945).
    LCI(L)-226 70k "Between two sisters, the LCI 226 lies tied up to a dock at Oro Bay on coast of New Guinea between LCI(L)-344, outboard, and LCI(L)-338, inboard. U.S. troops who took part in the capture of Salamaua crowd the upper deck." Photo caption from March 27, 1944 issue of "Life" magazine. Story by John Hersey. The story covered the history of LCI(L) 226 from commissioning on 14 December 1942 to the landings at Cape Gloucester, New Britain on 26 December 1943.
    Life Time photo, by O. Landon Miles    		 Ardie Hunt for his father
    Arden L. Hunt SM3/c USS LCI(R)-226, 20 July 1944 to 13 April 1945).
    LCI(L)-226 100k "An ungainly silhouette" as she lies on beach in the Pacific with one of her ramps down, the 226 nevertheless has practical shape. She was not even designed when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor." Photo caption from March 27, 1944 issue of "Life" magazine. Story by John Hersey. The story covered the history of LCI(L) 226 from commissioning on 14 December 1942 to the landings at Cape Gloucester, New Britain on 26 December 1943.
    Life Time photo, by O. Landon Miles    		 Ardie Hunt for his father
    Arden L. Hunt SM3/c USS LCI(R)-226, 20 July 1944 to 13 April 1945).
    LCI(L)-72 72k US Marines debark from LCI(L)-27 and LCI(L)-226, (foreground) probably during a practice landing at New Guinea prior to the landing at Cape Gloucester on 26 December 1943.
    Life-Time photo from "Life" magazine issue of March 27, 1944.    		 Ardie Hunt for his father
    Arden L. Hunt SM3/c USS LCI(R)-72
    LCI(L)-226 37k LCI(L)-226 crew inspection in New Guinea, late 1943.
    Photo by O. Landon Miles    		 Ardie Hunt for his father
    Arden L. Hunt SM3/c USS LCI(R)-226, 20 July 1944 to 13 April 1945).
    LCI(L)-226 49k LCI(L)-226 in convoy, enroute from New Guinea to Sydney, Australia carrying Navy and Army personnel on leave in February 1944.
    Photo by O. Landon Miles    		 Ardie Hunt for his father
    Arden L. Hunt SM3/c USS LCI(R)-226, 20 July 1944 to 13 April 1945).
    LCI(L)-226 60k LCI(L)-226 crew members at Bostrem Bay (Alexishafen), New Guinea in August 1944. Back row: Powell, Conway, Sargent, Zelinski, Macy, Sherill, Hunt, and Sommerer. Front row: Shook, Myers, Salisbury, and Ensign Joyce.
    Photo by O. Landon Miles    		 Ardie Hunt for his father
    Arden L. Hunt SM3/c USS LCI(R)-226, 20 July 1944 to 13 April 1945).
    The history for LCI(L)-226 / LCI(R)-226 is from USS LCI "Landing Craft Infantry", Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1995. (ISBN 1-56311-262-0)
    LCI-226 Timeline
    U.S.S. LCI 226 - Life Magazine (March 27, 1944) Article by John Hersey
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association
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