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USS LCI(G)-406
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 USS LCI(L)-406 (1944)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Juliet - Romeo - Delta
 NJRD
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal
LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, 8 January 1944, at George Lawley & Sons Shipbuilding Corp., Neponset, MA., date unknown
  • Launched, 15 January 1944
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-406, 20 January 1944
  • Reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Gunboat) LCI(G)-406, 15 June 1944
  • During World War II USS LCI(L)-406 / LCI(G)-406 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates
    Western Caroline Islands operation
    Capture and occupation of southern Palau Islands, 6 October to 14 November 1944
  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1946
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 24 March 1947
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • USS LCI(G)-406 received one battle star for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 246 t.(light), 264 t. (landing), 419 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
    LCI(L) Complement 4 Officers, 24 Enlisted
    LCI(G) Complement 5 Officers, 65 Enlisted
    LCI(L) Troop Capacity 6 Officers, 182 Enlisted
    LCI(L) 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 kts; and 110 tons of fuel
    LCI(L) Armament five single 20mm guns, one bow mounted, one each port and starboard forward of wheelhouse, one each port and starboard aft of wheelhouse, on some LCIs two .50 cal machine guns were added
    LCI(G) Armament two 40mm guns, four 20mm guns, six .50cal machine guns, ten MK7 rocket launchers
    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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    USS LCI(L)-406
    LCI(L)-405 74k LCI(L)-406, LCI(L)-405 and LCI(L)-407 at the outfitting dock at George Lawley & Sons Shipbuilding Corp., Neponset, MA., 16 January 1944.
    George Lawley & Sons Shipbuilding Corp. photo now in the collections of the US National Archives..    		 Jerry Gilmartin AFMM secretary LCI-713 restoration crew
    USS LCI(L)-406
    LCI(G)-406 66k LCI(G)-406 at anchor, date and location unknown. Paul Arnold for Herman Vanatta MoMM3/c USS LCI(G)-406
    LCI(L)-405
    1015040602    		 205k USS LCI(G)-405 crew photos, dates and locations unknown:
    1015040602 - Ship's officers
    1015040603 through 1015040607 - group crew photos    		 Jerry Gilmartin MMC(SW) USN Ret. Secretary AFMM LCI 713, Curator PT-658 Save the PT Boat Inc, courtesy Dennis Blocker LCI National Association Historian
    LCI(L)-405
    1015040603    		 415k
    LCI(L)-405
    1015040604    		 583k
    LCI(L)-405
    1015040605    		 636k
    LCI(L)-405
    1015040606    		 578k
    LCI(L)-405
    1015040607    		 532k
    The history for USS LCI(L)-406 / LCI(G)-406 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 - Navy Log
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association
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