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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, LT. B. G. Brown USNR, in command

During World War II USS LCI(L)-406 / LCI(G)-406 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LCI Flotilla Six, CDR. A.R. Montgomery USN;
LCI Group Seventeen, LCDR. C. F. Robinson USNR;
LCI Division Thirty-Three and participated in the following campaign:

Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
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, 12 March 1946

USS LCI(G)-406 earned one battle star for World War II service

Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 24 March 1947

Final Disposition, fate unknown

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 gun mounts, 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 AA gun mounts

four 20mm AA gun mounts

six .50cal machine guns

Fuel Capacity

Diesel 860 Bbls

lube oil 200 gal

Propulsion

two sets of 4 General Motors 6051 series 71 Diesel engines, 4 per shaft

single General Motors Main reduction gears

two Diesel-drive 30Kw 120V D.C. Ship's Service Generators

twin variable pitch propellers, 2,320shp

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	74k	USS LCI(L)-406, USS LCI(L)-405 and USS 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
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	66k	USS LCI(G)-406 at anchor, date and location unknown.	Paul Arnold for Herman Vanatta MoMM3/c USS LCI(G)-406
1015040602	205k	USS LCI(G)-406 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
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