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USS LCI(L)-30


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Yankee - Xray - Quebec
 NYXQ
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (4) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia Clasp)
LCI-1 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, 15 October 1942, at New York Ship Building Co., Camden, N.J.
  • Launched, 5 November 1942
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-30, 31 December 1942
  • During World War II USS LCI(L)-30 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaigns and Dates Campaigns and Dates
    Eastern New Guinea operation
    Lae occupation, 4 to 6 September 1943
    Finschhafen occupation, 22 September 1943     		Hollandia operation, 21 to 25 April 1943
    Bismarck Archipelago operation
    Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 26 to 27 December 1943     		Western New Guinea operations
    Toem-Wakde-Sarmi area operation, 17 May 1944
    Biak Island operation, 27 May to 1 June 1944
    Morotai landings, 15 September 1944

  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 6 March 1948
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • USS LCI(L)-30 received four battle stars for WWII service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 216 t.(light), 234 t.(landing), 389 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 3 officer, 21 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 four single 20mm guns one forward, one amidship, two aft, later added two .50 cal machine guns
    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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    LCI(L)-30 57k USS LCI(L)-30 putting troops of second wave ashore at Sarmi, Dutch New Guinea, 17 Mary 1944
    US Coast Guard photo for "All Hands" magazine, July 1944 issue.    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
    LCI(L)-30 745k USS LCI(L)-30 and USS LCI(L)-361 along with other LCIs putting troops ashore in New Guinea, date and location unknown.
    US Army Signal Corps photos # SIG C 213-18.    		 Dave Kerr
    The history for USS LCI(L)-30 is from USS LCI "Landing Craft Infantry", Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1995. (ISBN 1-56311-262-0)
    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 28 August 2009