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USS LCI(L)-683


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Papa - Whiskey - Hotel
NPWH
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended)
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3) - World War II Victory Medal
Third Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation Medal (2)


LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, 26 April 1944, at George Lawley & Sons, Neponset, MA.
  • Launched 5 May 1944
  • Commissioned as USS LCI(L)-683, 12 May 1944
  • During World War II USS LCI(L)-683 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Leyte operation
    Leyte landings, 16 October to 29 November 1944
    Manila Bay-Bicol operations
    Nasugbu, 31 January 1945 and 4 to 5 February 1945
    Consolidation and capture of southern Philippines
    Visayan Island landings, 26 March to 9 April, and 11 to 14 April 1945
    Mindanao Island landings, 12 July 1945
     

  • Following World War II USS LCI(L)-683 was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

    Navy Occupation Service Medal

    China Service Medal (extended)
    8 to 25 September 194526 September to 16 December 1945

  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • USS LCI(L)-683 earned three battle stars for World War II service
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 29 December 1947, for disposal
  • 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)-683 77k USS LCI(L)-683 moored, date and location unknown. Bill Brinkley
    Briareus
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    285k USS Briareus (AR-12) moored at Espiritu, 20 or 21 July 1944, with USS George (DE-697) alongside while undergoing a seven-day tender availability. LCIs outboard of George are from right to left; USS LCI(L)-683
    USS LCI(L)-980
    USS LCI(L)-981
    USS LCI(L)-607
    Briareus had a long tour of duty at Espiritu from 11 Mar to 26 Sept 1944.
    Photo from the USS Lunga Point (CVE-94) cruise book.
    John Chiquoine

    The history for USS LCI(L)-683 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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