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LCI(L)-422 / LCI(G)-422

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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Liberation Medal (2)
LCI(L)-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, 15 February 1944, at George Lawley & Sons in Neponset, MA.
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-422, 28 February 1944
  • Reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Guns) LCI(G)-422, 15 July 1944
  • During World War II LCI(L)-422 / LCI(G)-422 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater LCI(G) Flotilla 6, Group 16, and participated in the following campaigns:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaigns and Dates Campaigns and Dates
    Leyte operation
    Leyte landings, 20 October 1944     		Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and Occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 April to 30 June 1945
    Luzon operation
    Lingayen Gulf landings, 7 to 18 January 1945     		.

  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 15 August 1946
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 22 March 1946
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • LCI(L)-422 earned three battle stars for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 246 t.(light), 264 t. (landing), 419 t.(loaded)
    Length 158' 5 1/2"
    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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    LCI(L)-627 49k LCI(G)-422, left, LCI(FF)-627, right, and LCI(G)-442 right, coming into position for a rocket attack on the western Okinawa beaches on 1 April 1945.
    Action Report of LCI(G)-442, dated 27 July 1945:
    "1 April 1945: CTG 52.17 was aboard LC(FF)-627 which acted as guide until the line of departure was reached. CTU 52.17.2 aboard LCI(G)-442 then took command of Task Unit. LCI(G)-422 was the second ship in the column following astern of LCI(G)-442 and LCI(G)-565 was behind LCI(G)-422. This three column ship formation then proceeded to assault the beach firing their 40mm, 20mm and 4.5" rockets. After this initial assault the LVT's headed towards the beach in three waves."
    Photo from the USS LCI Association 2007 calendar, courtesy Bill Ringle. A US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 Photo contributed by Ardie Hunt
    Caption contributed by Darrell Allison
    The history for LCI(L)-422 / LCI(G)-422 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
    LCI Flotilla 6 Group 16 Division 31
    USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association
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