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USS LCI(G)-563
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 USS LCI(L)-563 (1944 - 1945)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Foxtrot - Xray - Romeo
 NFXR
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1)
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal
LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, 26 January 1944, at New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber, N.J.
  • Launched, 25 February 1944
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-563, 1 March 1944
  • During World War II USS LCI(L)-563 / LCI(G)-563 was first assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater and later to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:
    European Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Invasion of southern France, 15 August to 9 September 1944
  • Reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Gunboat) LCI(G)-563, 15 July 1945
  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1946
  • Transferred to the State Department, 9 July 1946
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • USS LCI(L)-563 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(L)-563 827k USS LCI(L)-563 at anchor off the coast of southern France in August 1944. John Behan for his Father-in-law Leopold Ziemba Momm1/c USS LCI(l)-563
    LCI(L)-563 378k USS LCI(G)-563 and USS LCI(M)-1056 moored pierside, probably in the Philippines, note civilians on board. Jerry Gilmartin MMC(SW) USN Ret. Secretary AFMM LCI 713, Curator PT-658 Save the PT Boat Inc
    The history for USS LCI(L)-563 / LCI(G)-563 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 - Navy Log
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association
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    Last Updated 4 June 2010