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LCI(L)-776 / AMCU-22 Cotinga

Flag Hoist/ Internationaal Radio Call sign: November - Quebec - Tango - Tango

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

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

LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):

Laid down (date and place unknown);

Launched (date unknown);

Commissioned USS LCI(L)-776, 3 August 1944;

During World War II LCI(L)-776 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater, LCI Flotilla 22, and participated in the:

Luzon operation;
(a) Lingayen Gulf landings, 9 to 18 January 1945
Consolidation and capture of the Southern Philippines;
(a) Mindanao Island landings, 17 to 23 April 1945

Following World War II LCI(L)-776 performed occupation duty in the Far East including service in China from 8 September to 20 December 1945 under the command of Commander Yangtze Patrol Force;

Decommissioned, (date unknown);

Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Bremerton, WA.;

Authorized for conversion to Coastal Minesweeper (Underwater Locator) Cotinga (AMCU-22), in FY 1952; Contract for conversion placed with Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA.; Conversion begun, 21 September 1953, completed, 2 April 1954; never recommissioned;

Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown);

Final Disposition, sold, 9 November 1946, fate unknown;

LCI(L)-776 received the Navy Unit Commendation for service in Salvage, Fire Fighting, and Rescue Unit, Service Force, 7th Fleet - Philippine Islands area, 6 January to 15 February 1945, and two battle stars for World War II service.

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
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;

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
	34k	*LCI(L)-776* enroute to Zamboanga, with members of Co. E. 21st Regiment, 24th Division aboard, date unknown. Photo taken from *LCI(L)-1033* by Robert N. Rosenthal.		William Rosenthal for his father LCDR. Robert N. Rosenthal USNR LCI(L)-1033

There is no DANFS History currently available for LCI(L)-776 / Cotinga (AMCU-22) at the Haze Gray & Underway Web Site, the main archive for the DANFS Online Project.

View the history of LCI Flotilla 22

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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Last Updated 20 August 2004