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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
Armament: four 20mm guns one forward, one amidship, two aft, later added two .50 cal. machine guns
Propulsion: Two sets of four 400bhp General Motors diesel engines, four per shaft, two variable pitch propellers.
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USS LCI(L)-944
159k
Photo courtesy of Mark Muninger from the March 2012 issue of the USS LCI National Association's newsletter, Elsie Item
Ardie Hunt
205k
Ralph William Blattner posing for a potential cigarette advertisement aboard LCI(L) 944 sometime during WWII Photo courtesy of Mark Muninger (Blattner's grandson) from the March 2012 issue of the USS LCI National Association's newsletter, Elsie Item
Magpie
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Namesake:
Magpie - Any of numerous birds, especially of the genus Pica, related to the crow, but having a long graduated tail and black and white plumage, who are known for their noisy chatter
Tommy Trampp Photo added 8 December 2021
Commanding Officers
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LTJG S. Z. Rosenfeld, USNR
1945
Courtesy Joe Radigan
Dictionary of American Naval Fighting Ships History:LCIL-944 was reclassified AMc(U)-29 and named Magpie 7 March 1952. Assigned to the 15th Naval District, Magpie served off the Panama Canal Zone until she decommissioned in January 1954 and entered the Atlantic Reserve Fleet at Green Cove Springs, Fla. Reclassified MHC-29 on 1 February 1955, Magpie was struck from the Navy list 1 January 1961 after being sold to Rudolph Mattson 18 May 1960.