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LCI(L)-472 / LCI(G)-472

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - 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 (date unknown) at New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber, N.J.
  • Launched, (date unknown)
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-472, 2 October 1943
  • Reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Gunboat) LCI(G)-472, 15 June 1944
  • During World War II LCI(L)-472 / LCI(G)-472 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaigns and Dates Campaigns and Dates
    Marianas operation
    Capture and occupation of Guam, 14 July to 5 August 1944     		Luzon operation
    Lingayen Gulf landing, 9 January 1945
    Leyte operation
    Leyte landings, 20 October 1944     		Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 26 March to 1 June 1945

  • Decommissioned, (date unknown)
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1946
  • Sold, 22 November 1946
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • LCI(G)-472 received 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
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    LCI(G)-472 83k LCI(G)-472 laying smoke at Okinawa on L plus 2 days (3 April 1945) to protect the anchored ships from kamikazes. The smoke covered ships were safe from the suicide attacks. Photo courtesy of Bill Ringle and the National Archives. US Navy photo now in the US National Archives from the USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association 2007 calendar. Ardie Hunt
    LCI(G)-472 119k LCI(G)-472 coming alongside a battleship for fuel and water. This happy event generally meant a little fresh food and ice cream. The LCI sailors also enjoyed a brisk trade in Japanese military gear and native items for good things like food, candy bars, and fountain pens with the ship bound BB sailors. US Navy photo from the USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association 2006 calendar. Ardie Hunt
    LCI(M)-951 61k LCIs nested together while moored to a buoy at San Diego, CA. in the summer of 1946. 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.
    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
    The history for LCI(L)-472 / LCI(G)-472 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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