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USS LCI(L)-624

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Papa - Juliet - Romeo
NPJR

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippine Liberation Medal (1)

LCI(L)-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
Laid down, 2 May 1944, at New Jersey Ship Building Corp, Barber, N. J.
Launched, 30 May 1944
Commissioned USS LCI(L)-624, 5 June 1944;
During World War II LCI(L)-624 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Leyte operations Leyte landings, 28 to 29 November 1944	Borneo Operation Tarakan Island operations, 27 April to 5 May 1945 Balikpapan operation, 26 June to 6 July 1945

Decommissioned, date unknown
Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 3 May 1947
Final Disposition, fate unknown.
USS LCI(L)-624 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

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

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
	277k	USS LCI(L)-624 under way, date and location unknown.	Al Patterson for his father Harold Lee Patterson RDM3/c USS LCI(L)-624
	54k	From left to right; USS LCI(L)-700, USS LCI(L)-624 and USS LCI(L)-1025 nested, along the starboard side of a larger ship, possibly a tender, date and location unknown.	Bill Brinkley
	203k	USS LCI(L)-624 crew group photograph, date and location unknown. Harold Lee Patterson RDM3/c is in white tee-shirt.	Al Patterson for his father Harold Lee Patterson RDM3/c USS LCI(L)-624
	207k	USS LCI(L)-624 crew photograph, date and location unknown.	Al Patterson for his father Harold Lee Patterson RDM3/c USS LCI(L)-624
	225k	Unidentified group of officers assembled aboard USS LCI(L)-624, possibly CDR. A. Vernon Jannotta and staff officers of LCI Flotilla Twenty-Four and or officers of of one of the Flotilla's LCI Groups 70, 71, 72 or 79, date and location unknown.	Al Patterson for his father Harold Lee Patterson RDM3/c USS LCI(L)-624 and Arthur J. Wollam and Roseanne Wollam in memory of their uncle William V. Healy LCI(L)-624
	233k	USS LCI(L)-624 crew member Signalman 3/c Dick Harding, date and location unknown.	Al Patterson for his father Harold Lee Patterson RDM3/c USS LCI(L)-624
	183k	Two USS LCI(L)-624 officers identified as ENS. Spence and ENS. O., date and location unknown.	Al Patterson for his father Harold Lee Patterson RDM3/c USS LCI(L)-624
1015062408	256k	Two unidentified USS LCI(L)-624 crew members, date and location unknown.	Arthur J. Wollam and Roseanne Wollam in memory of their uncle William V. Healy LCI(L)-624
1015062409	287k	An unidentified USS LCI(L)-624 crew member manning one of the ship's 20mm guns, date and location unknown.	Arthur J. Wollam and Roseanne Wollam in memory of their uncle William V. Healy LCI(L)-624
1015062410	354k	Unidentified USS LCI(L)-624 crew members on the conning tower, date and location unknown.	Arthur J. Wollam and Roseanne Wollam in memory of their uncle William V. Healy LCI(L)-624
1015062411	277k	USS LCI(L)-624 crew members group photo, date and location unknown. William V. Healy is second from left top row.	Arthur J. Wollam and Roseanne Wollam in memory of their uncle William V. Healy LCI(L)-624
1015062412	481k	USS LCI(L)-624 crew members including William V. Healy on the beach, date and location unknown.	Arthur J. Wollam and Roseanne Wollam in memory of their uncle William V. Healy LCI(L)-624