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LCI(L)-471 / LCI(G)-471

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive - Iwo Jima, 17 to 19 February) - Presidential Unit Citation - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia clasp)

Navy Cross LTjg. Robert S. Hudgins, CO LCI(G)-471
LCI(L)-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down (date unknown) at New Jersey Shipbuilding Co., Barber, N.J.
  • Launched, (date unknown)
  • Commissioned as USS LCI(L)-471, 30 September 1943, LTjg Robert S. Hudgins USNR in command
  • Reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Gunboat) LCI(G)-471, 15 June 1944
  • During World War II LCI(L)-471 / LCI(G)-471 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater, LCI Flotilla 3 (CDR M.J. Malanaphy) Group 8 (LCDR Nash) and participated in the:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Marianas operation
    Capture and occupation of Guam, 14 July to 15 August 1944     		Iwo Jima operation
    Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, 17 to 19 February 1945

  • Decommissioned, (date unknown)
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • LCI(G)-471 earned two battle stars for WWII service and the Presidential Unit Citation for operations at Iwo Jima, 17 February 1945
    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(G)-471/AVP-35 73k LCI(G)-471, can just be seen in the background beyond the bow of Castle Rock (AVP-35) in Tanapag Harbor, Saipan, April 1945.
    Cropped from US National Archives photo # 80-N-K-16186 (Color), a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 Ramon Jackson
    LCI(G)-471 11k LCI(G)-471 coming alongside an unidentified US Navy ship, date and place unknown. Bill Brinkley
    Crew Photos
    The history for LCI(L)-471 is from 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
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association
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