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USS LCI(R)-763
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USS LCI(L)-763 (1944 - 1945)

International Radio Call Sign:
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NQQH

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 (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):

Laid down, 8 May 1944, at Commercial Iron Works, Portland, OR.

Launched, 28 May 1944

Commissioned as USS LCI(L)-763, 8 June 1944, LTjg. H.H. Goff USNR in command

Reclassified Landing Ship Infantry (Rocket) LCI(R)-763, 15 March 1945

During World War II USS LCI(L)-763 / LCI(R)-763 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater; LCI Flotilla Sixteen, CDR. C. E. Coffin USN (27); LCT Group Forty-Seven LCDR, G, T, McKnight USNR and participated in the following campaign:

**Asiatic-Pacific Campaign**
Campaign and Dates
Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 24 March to 30 June 1945

Following World War II USS LCI(R)-763 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 2 September 1945 to 3 January 1946

Decommissioned, date unknown

Struck from the Naval Register in January 1946

Transferred to the State Department in November 1947, for disposal

Final disposition, sold in November 1847

USS LCI(R)-763 earned one battle star 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(R) Complement 3 Officers, 31 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(L) Armament five single 20mm guns, one bow mounted, two forward of wheelhouse, two aft of wheelhouse, on some LCIs two .50 cal machine guns were added
LCI(R) Armament one 40mm gun, four 20mm guns, six 5" rocket launchers
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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	223k	USS LCI(L)-763 commissioning crew photo, 8 June 1944 at Commercial Iron Works, Portland, OR. Note; Nunzio Joseph Viviano, Momm1/c, USNR immediately to the right of the officer at the top of the ladder.	Deborah V.C. Ronsani for her Grandfather Nunzio Joseph Viviano, Momm1/c, USNR USS LCI(L)-763
	80k	USS LCI(L)-763 officers, 8 June 1944 at Commercial Iron Works, Portland, OR. Second from the left is the Executive Officer ENS. William E. Stimmel.	Deborah V.C. Ronsani for her Grandfather Nunzio Joseph Viviano, Momm1/c, USNR USS LCI(L)-763
	79k	Commanding Officer of USS LCI(L)-763 reads his orders placing the ship in commission, 8 June 1944 at Commercial Iron Works, Portland, OR.	Deborah V.C. Ronsani for her Grandfather Nunzio Joseph Viviano, Momm1/c, USNR USS LCI(L)-763
	24k	USS LCI(L)-763 disembarking her troops, date and location unknown.	Hyperwar US Navy in World War II
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	68k	Some of USS LCI(R)-763's crew make like pirates displaying a flag taken from a Japanese suicide boat at Okinawa in October 1945. Photo from USS LCI National Association's newsletter, "The Elsie Item", Issue # 46, October 2003. Photo courtesy Bob Schmelzer, USS LCI(R)-763	Ardie Hunt.
	1861k	USS LCI(R)-763 hard aground at Okinawa after Typhoon Louise hit the Buckner Bay anchorage, 9 October 1945	Don Cuson
	91k	USS LCI(R)-763 hard aground at Okinawa as a result of Typhoon Louise hitting Buckner Bay, Okinawa, 9 October 1945. Photo from USS LCI National Association's newsletter, "The Elsie Item", Issue # 46, October 2003. Photo courtesy Bob Schmelzer, USS LCI(R)-763	Ardie Hunt
	266k	USS LCI(R)-763 hard aground at Okinawa as a result of Typhoon Louise. Photo taken from USS LST-49	Riley Requa MoMM3/c USS LST-49
	93k	USS LCI(R)-763 hard aground in Buckner Bay, Okinawa, after Typhoon Louise ravaged that port 9 October 1945. Photographed in November 1945. Considered not worth salvaging because of the end of World War II, this ship was stricken from the Navy List in January 1946 and sold in November 1947. US Navy photo # NH 105657 from the collections of the US Navy and Heritage Command, collection of Dr. Richard Raymond Gratton (1915-1990), donated by his daughter, Barbara Gratton Stillwater, 2008.	US Navy History and Heritage Command