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LCI(L)-456 / LCI(G)-456

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon - Navy Unit Commendation
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3) - World War II Victory Medal

LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):

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

Launched, (date unknown)

Commissioned USS LCI(L)-456, 7 September 1943

Reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Gunboat) LCI(G)-456, 15 June 1944

During World War II LCI(L)-456 / LCI(G)-456 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater 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	Capture and occupation of Tinian, 24 to 28 July 1944
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

Decommissioned, (date unknown)

Struck from the Naval Register, 1946

Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 1 September 1947

Final Disposition, fate unknown

LCI(L)-456 / LCI(G)-456 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' 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		Source
	59k	*LCI(G)-456* at anchor. This photo of *LCI(G)-456* was taken when she was doing picket duty, mostly at night, at Peleliu after the invasion. The heavy screen constructed by the crew was lowered when the ship anchored by the bow to protect them from mines that the Japanese floated down stream toward them. Luckily, the contraption was never tested, nor did the Navy Department send out their engineers to copy it. Photo from the USS LCI National Association's newsletter "The Elsie Item", February 2006, courtesy of Ed Clark USS LCI 456.		Ardie Hunt

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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Last Updated 21 April 2006