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USS LCI(G)-456
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USS LCI(L)-456 (1943 - 1944)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Quebec - Kilo - Alpha
NQKA

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 (4) - World War II Victory Medal

LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):

Laid down, 13 July 1943, at New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber, N.J.

Launched, 27 August 1943

Commissioned USS LCI(L)-456, 7 September 1943, LTjg. E. M. Clark USNR (May 1945)

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

During World War II USS LCI(L)-456 / LCI(G)-456 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
(1944)LCI Flotilla Three, CDR. R. Eikel Jr. USNR;
(1945) LCI Flotilla Six, CDR. A.R. Montgomery USN;
LCI Group Eighteen, LCDR. E.L. Yates;
LCI Division Thirty-Six and participated in the following campaigns:

Campaigns and Dates	Campaigns and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
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

USS LCI(L)-456 / LCI(G)-456 earned 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 gun mounts, 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 AA gun mounts

four 20mm AA gun mounts

six .50cal machine guns

ten MK7 rocket launchers

Fuel Capacity

Diesel 860 Bbls

lube oil 200 gal

Propulsion

two sets of 4 General Motors 6051 series 71 Diesel engines, 4 per shaft

single General Motors Main reduction gears

two Diesel-drive 30Kw 120V D.C. Ship's Service Generators

twin variable pitch propellers, 2,320shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
NARA 257558	207k	USS LCI(G)-456 crew members loading rockets during the invasion of Peleliu, September 1944. US National Archives photo #'s 257558 and 257559, US Navy photos now in the collections of the US National Archives.	Jerry Gilmartin AFMM secretary LCI713 restoration crew.
NARA 257559	235k		Jerry Gilmartin AFMM secretary LCI713 restoration crew.
	137k	USS LCI(G)-456 in the conn during the invasion of Peleliu in September 1944. A US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.	Jerry Gilmartin AFMM secretary LCI713 restoration crew.
	225k	USS LCI(G)-456 view from the conn during the invasion of Peleliu in September 1944. Note the US Marine liaison officer observing the battle from the ship's conn. A US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.	Jerry Gilmartin AFMM secretary LCI713 restoration crew.
	59k	USS LCI(G)-456 at anchor. This photo of USS 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
	74k	USS LCI(G)-456 prepares to fire 4.5" rockets from her Mk 7 launcher at Peleliu, 19 september 1944. The heavy cruiser *USS Portland* (CA-33)** is in the background. Note the pipe guard to prevent the bow 40 mm gun from firing into the ship; it had no director system to do so. US Navy photo from "U.S. Amphibious Ships and Craft: An Illustrated Design History" by Norman Friedman.	Robert Hurst

Commanding Officers
01	LTjg. Clark, E. M., USNR	7 September 1943 - ?

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
Western Caroline Islands Attack Landing Order
Beach White Peleliu - CTF 32 Operation Plan A501-44 Appendix 4 to Annex "D"
USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association

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USS LCI(L)-456 (1943 - 1944)