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USS LCI(L)-663

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Golf - Bravo - India
NGBI

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal (1)

LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):

Laid down, 20 February 1944, at George Lawley & Sons, Neponset, MA.

Launched, 6 March 1944

Commissioned as USS LCI(L)-663, 15 March 1944

During World War II USS LCI(L)-663 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the campaigns:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Leyte operation Leyte landings, 19 to 29 November 1944	Consolidation and capture of Southern Philippines Visayan Island landings, 18 March to 1 April 1945
Western New Guinea operation Morotai landings 15 September 1944	.

Decommissioned, date unknown

Struck from the Naval Register in 1946

Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 3 April 1947, for disposal

USS LCI(L)-663 earned three battle stars for World War II service

Registered in 1947 as the fishing boat Sandy Point

Final Disposition, scrapped in 1953

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

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 kts; 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 800 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

Size	Image Description	Source
122k	USS LCI(L)-663 beached, date and location unknown.	Bill Brinkley
59k	USS LCI(L)-663 landing troops from the 126th RCT of the 32nd Division at Morotai, the northernmost of the Moluccas Islands, 15 September 1944. US National Archives image.	Bill Brinkley
741k	USS LCI(L)-663 and USS LCI(L)-547 landing troops from the 126th RCT of the 32nd Division at Morotai, the northernmost of the Moluccas Islands, 15 September 1944. Photo from the USS LCI National Association's 2009 calendar, a US National Archives photo, courtesy Dennis Blocker.	Artie Hunt
69k	USS LCI(L)-663 moored pierside, date and location unknown. Photo from USS LCI National Association's newsletter "The Elsie Item", June 2006 issue, courtesy of John Eger, USS Hammerhead (SSN-663) in honor of his father, William Eger, USS LCI(l)-663	Ardie Hunt

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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