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LCI(L)-740 / LCI(G)-740 / LCI(M)-740

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3) - World War II Victory Medal

LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):

Laid down, (date and place unknown)

Launched, (date unknown)

Commissioned USS LCI(L)-740, 11 March 1944

Reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Gunboat) LCI(G)-740, 31 December 1944

Reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Mortar) LCI(M)-740, 30 April 1945

During World War II LCI(L)-740 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the:

Western Caroline Islands operation (as LCI(L)-740);
(a) Capture and occupation of southern Palau Islands, 6 September to 14 October 1944
Iwo Jima operation (as LCI(G)-740);
(a) Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, 19 February to 3 March 1945
Okinawa Gunto operation (as LCI(G)-740 and LCI(M)-740);
(a) Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 26 March to 14 June 1945

Decommissioned, (date unknown)

Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown)

Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 6 April 1948

Final Disposition, fate unknown

LCI(M)-740 received one battle star as LCI(L)-740, two battle stars as LCI(G)-740 and one battle star as LCI(M)-740 for World War II service

Specifications:
Displacement 246 t.(light), 264 t. (landing), 419 t.(loaded)
Length 158' 5 1/2"
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
LCI(L) Complement 4 Officers, 24 Enlisted
LCI(G) Complement 5 Officers, 65 Enlisted
LCI(M) Complement 4 Officers, 49 Enlisted
LCI(L) Troop Capacity 6 Officers, 182 Enlisted
LCI(L) 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
LCI(G) Armament two 40mm guns, four 20mm guns, six .50 cal machine guns, 10 MK7 rocket launchers
LCI(M) Armament one single 40mm gun, forward, four 20mm guns, three 4.2 mm chemical mortars on the well deck, No. 2 Troop Compartment (under well deck) converted to a magazine
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

Size	Image Description	Source
54k	*LCI(M)-740* practicing underway refueling with *LCI(M)-1012, date and place unknown. Photo by Dave Conrad LTjg. USNR, USS LCI(M)-1012*	Submitted by Roy Hawk for Philip M. Dampf Jr. LTjg. USNR USS LCI(M)-1010
58k	*LCI(M)-740* practicing underway refueling with *LCI(M)-1012, date and place unknown. Photo by Dave Conrad LTjg. USNR, USS LCI(M)-1012*	Submitted by Roy Hawk for Philip M. Dampf Jr. LTjg. USNR USS LCI(M)-1010
63k	*LCI(M)-740* pulling away for alongside *LCI(M)-1012* after completing practice refueling, date and place unknown. Photo by Dave Conrad LTjg. USNR, USS LCI(M)-1012	Submitted by Roy Hawk for Philip M. Dampf Jr. LTjg. USNR USS LCI(M)-1010

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
Fleet Reserve Association

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association

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