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LCI(L)-542 / LCI(G)-542

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1) - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory 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)-542, 26 January 1944
  • Reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Gunboat) LCI(G)-542, 15 July 1945
  • During World War II LCI(L)-542 / LCI(G)-542 was initially assigned to the European Theater and participated in the; LCI(L)-542 was reassigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater after completing her European service but saw no action in the Pacific
  • Decommissioned, (date unknown)
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1946
  • Sold, 20 November 1946
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • LCI(L)-542 received one battle star 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(M)-951 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
    LCI(G)-542 61k LCI(G)-542 crew member Jerry Adams aboard ship in 1944.
    Photo from the USS LCI National Association's newsletter "The Elsie Item", September 2001 issue.    		 Ardie Hunt
    The history for LCI(L)-542 / LCI(G)-542 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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