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USS LCI(G)-454
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USS LCI(L)-454
(revised 7-1-92)
USS LCI (L) 454
SHIP CHRONOLOGY
09-02-43 Commissioned at Barber, N.J.( C.O./ Marzano Exec./Karp)
09-20-43 Pier 42-NYC to Little Creek, Va., Norfolk , Solomons, Md.
11-14-43 Little Creek, Va. to Key West Fla., Guantanamo, Colon, C.Z.
12-05-43 Balboa, Corinto, San Diego, transporting troops.
02-15-44 San Diego to San Pedro, Cal.
02-25-44 Conversion to Close In Fire Support Vessel,(G) complement increased from 25 to 53 men (Bupers despatch # 191925)
03-08-44 San Pedro to Pearl Harbor, T.H.
03-31-44 Pearl Harbor to Kwajalein, Marshall, Is.
05- -44 Kwajalein/ Eniwetok for staging to Saipan
06-15-44 D-Day Saipan
07-24-44 D-Day Tinian
07-27-44 Saipan/ Eniwetok/Tulagi for staging to Palau, Is.
08-07-44 Transit equator, D-Day Peleliu
09-17-44 D-Day Angaur
10-01-44 Palau to Ulithi, Caroline, Is.
11-01-44 (Command change) S.Karp-C.O./ Rosenberg, Exec.
02-12-45 (Command change) H. Rosenberg C.O. / J.H. Goodrich, Exec.
02-24-45 Ulithi to Leyte Gulf, staging to Okinawa
03-26-45 D-Day Kerama Retto Islands
04-01-45 D-Day Okinawa
04-16-45 D-Day Ie Shima
06-14-45 Okinawa to Pears Harbor, T.H.
10-07-45 Conversion to LCI (L), authorized complement 28 men.
(Command change) Goodrich-C.O./ R.C. Love, Exec.
10-19-45 Pearl Harbor to Guam, transporting 21 Marines
12-08-45 Guam to Subic Bay, P.T. , transported many Army and Marine units from inner islands to Manila and Tacloban, Leyte fft home. Visited Cebu, Panay, Palawan, Mindanao, Mindoro Luzon and Samar
04-01-46 (Command change) Edward E. Gygax C.0. / R.C. Love, Exec.
04-07-46 Guinan/Samar to Guam, transporting 5 airmen/passengers
04-24-46 Guam via Wake Island to Pearl Harbor
05-23-46 Pearl Harbor to San Diego, Ca.
07-03-46 Decommissioned at San Diego, Cal.
Enlisted Ship's Company; Date/men authorized/men an board
09-43/25/24 12-43/25/26 03-44/54153 06-44/53/50
09-44/65/57* 01-45/65/63 03-45/65/55 07-45/65/53
09-45/50/50 10-45/28/27 04-46/28/27
* Complement was increased when additional rocket launchers were installed along top deck at Tulagi prior to Palau operation.
USS LCI 454
Officer Matrix
Commissioning Crew: 3 Officers, 24 Enlisted
JAMES MARZANO #162269 Commanding 2 SEP 1943 to 1 NOV 1944
SAMUEL KARP #265110 Executive Off. 2 SEP 1943 to 12 FEB 1945
GLENN JOHNSON 3182872 Engineering Off. 2 SEP 1943 to 5 DEC 1945
NORFOLK - crew increased to 4 Officer, 26 Enlisted
HERMAN ROSENBERG #265553 Commissary Off. 27 OCT 1943 to 7 OCT 1945
SAN DIEGO/SAN PEDRO - crew increased to 53 Enlisted
TULAGI - added additional rocket launchers
6 Officers, 57 Enlisted
HAROLD GOODRICH #360388 Communications Off. 28 AUG 1944 to 1 APR 1946
ROBERT LOVE #360753 Commissary Off. 28 AUG 1944 to 3 JULY 1946
ULITHI - Change of Command
SAMUEL KARP #265110 Commanding 1 NOV 1944 to 12 FEB 1945
HERMAN ROSENBERG #265553 Executive Off.
ULITHI - 23 NOV 1944 One Officer Replacement
EDWARD GYGAX #392293 First Lt. 23 NOV 1944 to 13 JULY 1946
ULITHI - Two Replacement Officers Reported
GLENN JOHNSON 3182872 Departed
EARL HOSACK #3515()87 Engineering Off. 3 DEC 1944 to JULY 1945
CARL NEWMAN #410496 Gunnery Off. 18 DEC 1944 to JULY 1945
ULITHI - Change of Command
HERMAN ROSENBERG #265553 Commanding 12 Feb 1945 to Oct 1946
HAROLD GOODRICH #360388 Exec. Off. 12 Feb 1945 to Oct 1946
Deck Log 31 March 1945
6 Officers, 55 Enlisted
HERMAN ROSENBERG. Commanding
HAROLD GOODRICH Exec. Off.
ROBERT LOVE Commissary Off.
EARL HOSACK Engineering Off.
EDWARD GYGAX Communications Off.
CARL NEWMAN First Lt.
Compliment after re-conversion to LCI(L)
3 Officers, 27 Enlisted 19 October 1946
EDWARD GYGAX #392293 Commanding
ROBERT LOVE #360753 Exec. Off.
GLENN STERBA Engineering Off.
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