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LCI(L)-450 / LCI(G)-450

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, Iwo Jima - 17 to 19 February 1945)
Second Row - Presidential Unit Citation - Navy Unit Commendation - American Campaign Medal
Third Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Individual Awards

Navy Cross (LTjg. Wallace A. Brady, USNR, CO LCI(G)-450)

LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry:

Laid down (date unknown) at New Jersey Shipbuilding Co., Barber, N.J.

Launched (date unknown)

Commissioned LCI(L)-450, 26 August 1943

Reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Gunboat) LCI(G)-450, 15 June 1944

During World War II LCI(L)-450 / LCI(G)-450 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater, LCI Flotilla 3 (CDR M.J. Malanaphy) Group 8 (LCDR Nash) and participated in the:

**Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns**
Campaigns and Dates	Campaigns and Dates
Marshall Islands operation Occupation of Kwajalein and Majuro Atolls, 31 January to 8 February 1944	Iwo Jima operation Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, 17 to 19 February 1945
Marianas operation Capture and occupation of Guam, 17 to 21 July 1944	.

Following World War II LCI(G)-450 performed occupation duty in the Far East from 2 to 22 September 1945

Decommissioned (date unknown)

Struck from the Naval Register in 1946

Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 30 January 1948

Final Disposition, fate unknown

LCI(G)-450 earned three battle stars for World War II service in addition to the Presidential Unit Citation for operations at Iwo Jima, 17 February 1945 and the Navy Unit Commendation as a member of LCI(G) Flotilla 3 (31 January to 28 July 1944) for Occupation of Kwajalein and Eniwetok Atolls in the Marshall Islands and Capture and occupation of Saipan, Guam and Tinian in the Marianas

Specifications:
Displacement 246 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
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

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
	44k	*LCI(G)-450* off Iwo Jima, 17 February 1945. US Navy photo.		Vaughn E Hampton USS LCI(G)-450
	28k	*LCI(G)-450* moored pierside at Saipan, February 1945, awaiting repair of battle damage from the Iwo Jima invasion on 17 February 1945.		Vaughn E Hampton USS LCI(G)-450

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association

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