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LCI(L)-454 / LCI(G)-454

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon - Navy Unit Commendation - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (4) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia clasp)
LCI(L)-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, (date unknown), at New Jersey Shipbuilding Corporation. Barber, N.J.
  • Launched, (date unknown)
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-454, 2 September 1943, at Barber, N.J.
  • Converted to a Close-in Fire Support Vessel at San Diego, CA. and redesignated Landing Craft Infantry (Guns) LCI(G)-454, 15 June 1944
  • During World War II LCI(G)-454 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater, LCI(G) Flotilla 3, and participated in the:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaigns and Dates Campaigns and Dates
    Marianas operation
    Capture and occupation of Saipan, 15 June to 28 July 1944     		Western Caroline Islands operation
    Capture and occupation of southern Palau Islands, 6 September to 14 October 1944
    Capture and occupation of Tinian
    24 July to 28 July 1944     		Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 26 March to 30 June 1945

  • Following WWII LCI(G)-454 was reconfigured as Landing Craft Infantry (Large) LCI(L), 7 October 1945 at Pearl Harbor, and performed additional duties in the Philippines
  • Decommissioned, 3 July 1946, at San Diego, CA.
  • Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, sold, 24 January 1947, fate unknown
  • LCI(G)-454 received four battle stars for World War II service in addition to 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), 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)-454 79k LCI(G)-454 underway during an invasion, date and place unknown. Bill Brinkley
    LCI(L)-454 42k LCI(L)-454 performing transport duty in the Philippines Islands after World War II, February 1946. Note that the only armament remaining are the two aft 20mm guns. Paul Harig EM1/c USN USS LCI(L)-454
    LCI(M)-951 61k From right to left LCI(G)-462
    LCI(L)-454
    LCI(M)-756
    LCI(G)-542
    LCI(G)-464
    LCI(G)-528
    LCI(G)-472
    LCI(G)-565
    and LCI(M)-951 nested together while moored to a buoy at San Diego, CA., in the summer of 1946.
    Photo from the USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association 2004 Calendar, courtesy Max Wright, USS LCI(G) 80 and USS LCI(G)-462.    		 Ardie Hunt
    View the Chronology of LCI(L)-454
    The history for LCI(L)-454 / LCI(G)-454 is from Mr. Paul Harig and 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
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