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USS LCI(G)-573
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 USS LCI(L)-573 (1944)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Papa - Alpha - Kilo
 NPAK
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, 16 February 1944, at New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber, N.J.
  • Launched, 10 March 1944
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-573, 17 March 1944
  • Reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Gunboat) LCI(G)-573, date unknown
  • During World War II USS LCI(L)-573 / LCI(G)-573 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
  • Classification reverted to Landing Craft Infantry (Large) LCI(L)-573, 30 September 1945
  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1946
  • Sold, 26 August 1949
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    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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    Snake River 94k USS LCI(L)-573 moored with USS LSM(R)-533 and an unidentified LCI, date and location unknown. Lou Meyer to the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    LCI-573 72k USS LCI(L)-573 crew photo taken in early1946, location unknown. Photo is from the USS LCI National Association's newsletter "The Elsie Item", December 2005 issue. Ardie Hunt
    LCI-573 75k USS LCI(L)-573 underway, date and location unknown.
    US Navy photo from the collections of the US National Archives. Courtesy ©Historylink101.com    		 Robert Morrissey
    The history for USS LCI(L)-573 / LCI(G)-573 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
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association
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