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LCI(L)-664

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1)
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia clasp)
LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down at George Lawley & Sons, Neponset MA , (date unknown)
  • Launched, (date unknown)
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-664, 18 March 1944
  • During World War II LCI(L)-664 was assigned to the European theater and participated in the:
  • Following World War II LCI(L)-664 was reassigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and performed occupation duty in the Far East from 18 November 1945 to 2 April 1946
  • Decommissioned, (date unknown)
  • Struck from the Naval Register in 1951
  • Sold, 1 May 1951
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • LCI(L)-664 received one battle star for World War II service
    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
    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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    LCI(L)-664 73k LCI(L)-664 officers and petty officers after an Administrative Inspection at Bizerte, Tunisia, date unknown. (Photo Caption - "cit-kip,wells,early,zory,--rgland") Russ Padden
    LCI(L)-664 181k LCI(L)-664 nested with other LCIs at Merz-el-Kebir-to-Oran, date unknown. Russ Padden
    LCI(L)-664 102k LCI(L)-664 underway in convoy from Merz-el-Kebir-to-Oran, date unknown. Russ Padden
    LCI(L)-664 114k LCI(L)-664 in the harbor at Palermo, Sicily, date unknown. Russ Padden
    LCI(L)-664 126k LCI(L)-664 at anchor with French troops bound for Marseilles aboard, circa late 1944. Russ Padden
    LCI(L)-664 97k LCI(L)-664 with French troops bound for Marseilles aboard, circa late 1944. Russ Padden
    LCI(L)-664 112k LCI(L)-664 conning tower, date and location unknown. Russ Padden
    LCI(L)-664 58k LCI(L)-664 nested with other LCIs at Marseilles, France, circa late 1944. Russ Padden
    LCI(L)-664 134k LCI(L)-664 with POWs (Polish conscripts) aboard, circa late 1944. Russ Padden
    LCI(L)-664 104k LCI(L)-664 underway between Marseilles, France and Naples, Italy transporting POWs (Polish conscripts), circa late 1944. Russ Padden
    LCI(L)-664 81k LCI(L)-664 crew at Oran prior to getting underway for return to the US, circa late 1944-early 1945. Russ Padden
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    The history for LCI(L)-664 is from USS LCI "Landing Craft Infantry", Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1995. (ISBN 1-56311-262-0)
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