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USS LCI(L)-773

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Quebec - Tango - Echo
NQTE

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

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

LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):

Laid down, 12 June 1944, at Commercial Iron Works, Portland, OR.

Launched, 2 July 1944

Commissioned USS LCI(L)-773, 21 July 1944, LTjg. James A. Davis in command (May 1945)

During World War II USS LCI(L)-773 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LCI(L) Flotilla Twenty-Four CDR. A. Vernon Janaotta, USN;
LCI(L) Group Seventy-Two LCDR. A.T. Baker,

Decommissioned, date unknown

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

Transferred to the Department of the Army, 26 February 1947

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

Size	Image Description	Source
16k	USS LCI(L)-773 commissioning at Commercial Iron Works, Portland, OR., 21 July 1944	Heather Craft for her grandfather Robert Craft Sr. EM3/c USS LCI(L)-773
454k	USS LCI(L)-773 commissioning at Commercial Iron Works, Portland, OR., 21 July 1944. Supervisor of Shipbuilding turning the ship over to LTjg Davis.	Heather Craft for her grandfather Robert Craft Sr. EM3/c USS LCI(L)-773 and Jeffrey Davis for his grandfather CDR. (LTjg) James A. Davis, Commanding Officer USS LCI(L)-773
507k	USS LCI(l)-773 crew photo taken at the commissioning ceremony at Commercial Iron Works, Portland, OR., 21 July 1944. From left to right; Williams QM3/c, Cummings S2/c, Dumas S2/c, Bloszinsky S2/c, Hiebechuk F/2c, Hackett S2/c, Croft S1/c, Houlahan Cox, Sutton S2/c, Tyson S2/c, Craft F1/c, Starcher S2/c, Greenleaf S2/c, Chritz SC2/c, North PM2/c, Curso S2/c, Urban GM3/c, Planutis F2/c, McAdams S2/c, Chappell MoMM2/c. Officers top to bottom, ENS Patterson USN, ENS Check USNR, LTjg James A. Davis, Commanding Officer. Missing from photo; Cash MoMM1/c, Rowton F2/c, McCaffery S2/c, and Taylor STM2/c.	Heather Craft for her grandfather Robert Craft Sr. EM3/c USS LCI(L)-773 and Jeffrey Davis for his grandfather CDR. (LTjg) James A. Davis, Commanding Officer USS LCI(L)-773

Commanding Officers
01	LTjg. Davis, James A.	21 July 1944 - ?

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

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