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USS LCI(L)-603


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Papa - Foxtrot - Hotel
 NPFH
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, 1 April 1944, at New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber, N.J.
  • Launched, 27 April 1944
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-603, 4 May 1944
  • During World War II LCI(L)-603 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater serving as an air-sea rescue ship at Guam
  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 20 November 1946
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 236 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
    Complement
    4 officers
    24 enlisted
    Troop Capacity
    6 officers
    182 enlisted
    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 knots; and 110 tons of fuel
    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
    Fuel Capacity
    Diesel 860 Bbls
    lube oil 200 gal
    Propulsion
    two sets of 4 General Motors 6051 series 71 Diesel engines, 4 per shaft
    single General Motors Main reduction gears
    two Diesel-drive 30Kw 120V D.C. Ship's Service Generators
    twin variable pitch propellers, 2,320shp
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    LCI(L)-603
    1015060302    		 222k USS LCI(L)-603 underway in San Francisco Bay following the end of World War II, circa 1945.
    US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 86186    		 Darryl Baker
    Doyen 1252k Air-Sea Rescue Report from 315th Bombardment Wing noting rescue efforts by USS LCI(L)-603 and USS LCI(L)-947 of a B-29 crew on 12 July 1945. Joseph Savko
    The history for LCI(L)-603 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
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    USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association
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