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LCI(L)-618 / LC(FF)-618

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive)
Second Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2)
Third Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippine Liberation Medal (2)

LCI(L)-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):

Laid down, (date and place unknown);

Launched (date unknown);

Commissioned USS LCI(L)-618, 27 May 1944;

LCI(L)-618 was redesignated Landing Craft (Flotilla Flagship) LC(FF)-618, (date unknown);

During World War II LC(FF)-618 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater, LCI Flotilla 22, and served primarily as flotilla flagship, CDR Marion M. Byrd, USN, in command; LC(FF)-618 participated in the:

Luzon operation;
(a) Lingayen Gulf landings, 4 to 18 January 1944
Consolidation of the southern Philippines;
(a) Mindanao Island landings, 17 to 23 April 1945

Following World War II, LC(FF-618) performed occupation duty in the Far East including China Service, from 12 September to 9 December 1945;

Decommissioned, 14 May 1946, at Charleston, S.C.;

Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown);

Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 15 January 1948;

Final Disposition, fate unknown;

LC(FF)-618 earned two battle stars for World War II service.

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
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;

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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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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