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USS LCI(L)-48


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Charlie - Lima - Charlie
NCLC
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (4) - World War II Victory Medal



USS LCI(L)-48 was sold to the Dominican Republic named Palo Incado (BDI-102)
LCI-1 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, 5 November 1942 at New York Shipbuilding Corp., Camden, N.J
  • Launched, 10 December 1942
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-48, 9 February 1943
  • During World War II LCI(L)-48 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

    Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Sicilian occupation, 9 to 15 July 1943 West Coast of Italy operations
    Anzio-Nuttuno advanced landings, 22 January to 1 March 1944
    Elba and Pianosa landings, 17 June 1944
    Salerno landings, 9 to 21 September 1943 Invasion of Southern France, 15 August to 18 September 1944

  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • USS LCI(L)-48 earned four battle stars for World War II service
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 21 April 1947
  • Sold in 1947 to the Dominican Republic at auction in Trinidad, named Palo Incado (BDI-102)
  • Decommissioned by the Dominican Republic Navy in 1957
  • Final Disposition, sunk in the 1960s
    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

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    LCI(L)-48 127k USS LCI(L)-48 and USS LCI(L)-221 and an unidentified LCI(L) beached, date and location unknown.
    Photo from the US Library of Congress collection.
    Bob Morrissey
    LCI(L)-39 1793k USS LCI(L)-39,
    USS LCI(L)-48,
    USS LCI(L)-44,
    USS LCI(L)-188, load French Colonial 9th Infantry Division troops at Porto Vecchio, Corsica, 16 June 1944, for the Invasion of Elba, 17 June 1944. Note the censorship of the radars.
    US Army Signal Corps photo # SC 329865, by Gann, now in the collections of the US National Archives.
    Dave Kerr
    LCI(L)-48
    1015004802
    238k USS LCI(L)-48 in dry dock, date and location unknown. Bridie Flaherty for her great-grandfather, Martin Flaherty LCI(L)-48
    LCI(L)-48
    1015004803
    223k USS LCI(L)-48 beached, probably in a Mediterranean port, date unknown. Bridie Flaherty for her great-grandfather, Martin Flaherty LCI(L)-48

    The history for USS LCI(L)-48 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 - Navy Log

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    USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association
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