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LCI(L)-547 / LCI(G)-547

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 (1)
LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down (date unknown) at New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber, N.J.
  • Launched (date unknown)
  • Commissioned as USS LCI(L)-547, 5 February 1944
  • Reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Guns) LCI(G)-547, 15 July 1945
  • During World War II LCI(L)-547 / LCI(G)-547 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the:
  • Reclassified LCI(L)-547, 10 September 1945
  • Decommissioned (date unknown)
  • Struck from the Naval Register in 1946
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 29 October 1947
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • LCI(L)-547 earned four battle stars for World War II service.
    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(L)-547 51k LCI(L)-547 landing troops at Morotai, 15 September 1944.
    US National Archives image.    		 Bill Brinkley
    LCI(L)-547 80k LCI(L)-547 landing troops at Morotai, 15 September 1944. LCI(L)-547 grounded 100 yards from the beach and troops struggled ashore in water up to their necks. The second LCI in this photo is unidentified.
    Photo from the USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association 2004 Calendar, courtesy Lew Miller, RM1/c, USS LCI(L)-547    		 Ardie Hunt
    LCI-77/78/81/582/79/547 95k LCI(G)-77, LCI(G)-78, LCI(G)-81, LCI(M)-582, LCI(G)-79 and LCI(G)-547 moored to a buoy at San Diego, CA., mid-October 1945 after returning home from the Asiatic-Pacific Theater. James E. Mertz for his father Edward H. Mertz MoMM3/c LCI(G)-79
    The history for LCI(L)-547 / LCI(G)-547 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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