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LCI(L)-756 / LCI(G)-756 / LCI(M)-756

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippine Liberation Medal (1)

LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):

Laid down (date unknown) at Commercial Iron Works, Portland, OR.

Launched (date unknown)

Commissioned USS LCI(L)-756, 11 May 1944

Reclassified LCI(G)-756. 31 December 1944

Reclassified LCI(M)-756, 30 April 1945

During World War II LCI(L)-756 / LCI(G)-756 / LCI(M)-756 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the:

Manila Bay-Bicol operations;
(a) Nasugbu, 31 January to 2 February 1945
Iwo Jima operation;
(a) Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, 19 to 26 February 1945
Okinawa Gunto operation;
(a) Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 26 March to 14 June 1945

Following World War II LCI(M)-756 performed occupation duty in the Far East from 11 December 1945 to 24 March 1946 including service in China from 12 February to 24 March 1946

Decommissioned in July 1946, at San Diego, CA.;

Struck from the Naval Register in 1946

Final Disposition, sold, 18 November 1946, fate unknown.

LCI(L)-756 earned three battle stars for World War II service as LCI(G)-756 / LCI(M)-756.

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

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
	19k	*LCI(M)-756* in the at Yangtze River, Shanghai, China, 1946		Gerald Barmann LCI(M)-756, October-July 1946
	61k	From right to left *LCI(G)-462* *LCI(G)-454* *LCI(M)-756* *LCI(G)-542* *LCI(G)-464* *LCI(G)-528* *LCI(G)-472* *LCI(G)-565* and *LCI(M)-951* nested together while moored to a buoy at San Diego, CA., in the summer of 1946. Photo from the USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association 2004 Calendar, courtesy Max Wright, USS LCI(G) 80 and USS LCI(G)-462.		Ardie Hunt

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

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

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