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LCI(L)-464 / LCI(G)-464

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Unit Commendation - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (4) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippine Liberation Medal

LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):

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

Launched, (date unknown)

Commissioned USS LCI(L)-464, 20 September 1943

Reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Gunboat) LCI(G)-464, 15 June 1944

During World War II LCI(L)-464 / LCI(G)-464 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

**Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns**
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Marianas operation (as *LCI(G)-464*) Capture and occupation of Guam, 21 July to 5 August 1944	Luzon operation (as *LCI(G)-464*) Lingayen Gulf landings, 9 January 1945
Leyte operation (as *LCI(G)-464*) Leyte landings, 20 October 1944	Okinawa Gunto operation (as *LCI(G)-464*) Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 26 March to 1 June 1945

Decommissioned, (date unknown)

Struck from the Naval Register, 1946

Sold, 18 November 1946

Final Disposition, fate unknown

LCI(G)-464 received the Navy Unit Commendation for action in the Marianas, Leyte, Luzon and Okinawa Gunto operations, and four battle stars for World War II service

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
	109k	Port and Starboard Liberty - *LCI(G) 464* port liberty section taking part in some R&R on Saipan, June 1945 after 80 days at Okinawa. Photo is from the USS LCI National Association's newsletter "The Elsie Item", June 2006 issue, courtesy of Bill Werz.		Ardie Hunt
	61k	From right to left *LCI(G)-462* *LCI(G)-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

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 11 August 2006