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LCI(L)-1098 / LSIL-1098
AMCU-42 / MHC-42 Sparrow

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 - World War II Victory Medal - National Defense Service Medal
LCI(L)-641 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large) / AMCU-7 Class Coastal Minesweeper (Underwater Locator):
  • Laid down, 4 October 1944, by the Defoe Shipbuilding Co., Bay City, MI.
  • Launched, 17 October 1944
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-1098, 23 October 1944
  • During World War II LCI(L)-1098 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater LCI Flotilla 5 Group 14 (Cdr. H.H. Mattson in command)
  • Decommissioned, 5 June 1946, at Green Cove Springs, FL.
  • Reclassified a Landing Ship Infantry (Large) LSIL-1098, 28 February 1949
  • Named Sparrow and reclassified Coastal Minesweeper (Underwater Locator) AMCU-42, 7 March 1952
  • Recommissioned USS Sparrow (AMCU 42), 23 October 1953
  • Redesignated Coastal Minehunter MHC-42, 7 February 1955
  • Decommissioned, 12 April 1955
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1 January 1960
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    (LCI(L) 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
    Armament five single 20mm guns two forward, one amidship, two aft, 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
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    LCIL-1098 75k LCIL-1098 moored pierside, date and place unknown. Earl F. Swain Flotilla 5 Group 14 staff
    George Murray
    View the LCI(L)-1098/Sparrow (AMCU-42)
    DANFS history entry located at Navsource
    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
    Naval Minewarfare Association
    Association of Minemen
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