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USS LCI(G)-450
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 USS LCI(L)-450 (1943 - 1944)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Quebec - INdia - Sierra
 NQIS
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, Iwo Jima - 17 to 19 February 1945)
Second Row - Presidential Unit Citation - Navy Unit Commendation - American Campaign Medal
Third Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
Individual Awards

Navy Cross (LTjg. Wallace A. Brady, USNR, CO LCI(G)-450)
LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry:
  • Laid down, 22 JUne 1943, at New Jersey Ship Building Corp., Barber, N.J.
  • Launched, 18 August 1943
  • Commissioned LCI(L)-450, 26 August 1943
  • Reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Gunboat) LCI(G)-450, 15 June 1944
  • During World War II USS LCI(L)-450 / LCI(G)-450 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater; LCI Flotilla Three, CDR R. Eikel, Jr.; Group Eight, LCDR W. V. Nash and participated in the following campaigns:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaigns and Dates Campaigns and Dates
    Marshall Islands operation
    Occupation of Kwajalein and Majuro Atolls, 31 January to 8 February 1944     		Iwo Jima operation
    Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, 17 to 19 February 1945
    Marianas operation
    Capture and occupation of Guam, 21 July to 15 August 1944     		 

  • Following World War II USS LCI(G)-450 performed occupation duty in the Far East from 2 to 22 September 1945
  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register in 1946
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 30 January 1948
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • USS LCI(G)-450 earned three battle stars for World War II service in addition to the Presidential Unit Citation for operations at Iwo Jima, 17 February 1945 and the Navy Unit Commendation as a member of LCI(G) Flotilla 3 (31 January to 28 July 1944) for Occupation of Kwajalein and Eniwetok Atolls in the Marshall Islands and Capture and occupation of Saipan, Guam and Tinian in the Marianas
    Specifications:
    Displacement 216 t.(light), 234 t.(landing); 389 t.(loaded)
    Length 158' 5 1/2"
    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
    LCI(L) Complement
    3 Officers
    21 Enlisted
    LCI(G) Complement
    5 Officers
    65 Enlisted
    LCI(L) Troop Capacity
    6 Officers
    182 Enlisted
    LCI(L) 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 kts; and 110 tons of fuel
    LCI(L) Armament
    four single 20mm guns one forward, one amidship, two aft
    two .50cal machine guns
    LCI(G) Armament
    two 40mm AA gun mounts
    four 20mm AA gun mounts
    six .50cal machine guns
    ten MK7 rocket launchers
    Fuel Capacity 130 tons, lube oil 200 gal.
    Propulsion
    two sets of 4 General Motors Diesel engines, 4 per shaft, BHP 1,600
    twin variable pitch propellers
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    LCI(G)-450 44k USS LCI(G)-450 off Iwo Jima, 17 February 1945.
    US Navy photo.    		 Vaughn E Hampton USS LCI(G)-450
    LCI(G)-450 28k USS LCI(G)-450 moored pierside at Saipan, February 1945, awaiting repair of battle damage from the Iwo Jima invasion on 17 February 1945. Vaughn E Hampton USS LCI(G)-450
    The history for LCI(L)-450 / LCI(G)-450 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
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association
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