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LCI(L)-322


USS LCI(L)-322 was manned by the US Coast Guard
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, 6 June1944) - Coast Guard Unit Commendation - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (4) - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
LCI-1 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down (date and place) at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, TX.
  • Launched (date unknown)
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-322, 15 February 1943, with a Coast Guard crew, LT. Grant C. Kidston, USCG in command
  • Succeeding Commanding Officer
    LTjg. W.L. Brown, USCGR -17 November 1944 - 26 March 1946
  • LCI(L)-322 was assigned to the European Theater, LCI Flotilla Four, Capt. M. E. Imlay, USCG in command, (Flotilla Ten at Normandy) and participated in the:
  • During WWII LCI(L)-85 was assigned to the European Theater, Coast Guard LCI Flotilla Four and participated in the:
    Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    North African occupation, Tunisian operations, 1 June to 9 July 1943 Salerno landings, 9 September 1943
    LCI(L)-322 proceeded to Dartmouth, England, 5 October 1943,
    for training in preparation for the Invasion of Normandy.
    Sicilian occupation, 10 July 1943 Invasion of Normandy, 6 June 1944
    After unloading her troops at Utah Beach,6 June 1944,
    LCI(L)-322 then returned to England and crossed the
    channel several more times carrying troops to Normandy before departing England, 5 October 1944. for Charleston S.C. for repairs and overhaul

  • LCI(L)-322 was reassigned to the Asiatic Pacific Theater, LCI Flotilla Thirty-five
  • Departed San Diego, 20 April 1945, for Saipan and Tinian where she engage in local patrol and escort duty and at Eniwetok for inter island ferry service until 25 October 1945. She departed Eniwetok for Guam, Saipan, Ulithi and Peleliu for troop transporting duty, departing Guam, 1 February 1946 for Long Beach, CA.
  • Decommissioned, 26 March 1946, at Long Beach, CA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 9 October 1947, for disposal
  • LCI(L)-322 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)-85 71k LCI(L)-322, LCI(L)-85 and LCI(L)-229, moored at Bizerte, Tunisia, date unknown. Valerie Vierk for her father Herbert Nolda USS LCI(L)-85 and USS LCI(L)-92
    LCI(L)-332/93 71k LCI(L)-322 and LCI(L)-93 in an English Channel port, loading US combat troops for a trip to the Normandy invasion beach, date unknown.
    US National Archives image     		Bill Brinkley
    The history for LCI(L)-322 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 - LCI(L)-322
    The CG History Page
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