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USS LCI(M)-673
ex
 USS LCI(L)-673 (1944 - 1945)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Papa - Sierra - Whiskey
 NPSW
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1)
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia clasp)
LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, 28 March 1944, at George Lawley & Sons, Neponset, MA.
  • Launched, 6 April 1944
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-673, 13 April 1944
  • Reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Mortar) LCI(M)-673, 5 May 1945
  • During World War II USS LCI(L)-673 was assigned first to Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater and participated in the following campaign:

    Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Invasion of southern France, 15 August to 21 September 1944
  • Following World War II USS LCI(M)-673 was reassigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and performed occupation duty in the Far East, 18 November 1945 to 15 April 1946
  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • USS LCI(L)-673 earned one battle star for World War II service
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 2 March 1948
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 246 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
    LCI(L) Complement
    4 Officers
    24 Enlisted
    LCI(M) Complement
    4 Officers
    49 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
    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
    three 4.2" chemical mortars mounted in three 4ft x 4ft wooden walled 2" x 6" high sand boxes on the well deck with the three tripod mortar tubes in position to fire forward over the bow, No. 2 Troop Compartment (under well deck) converted to a magazine
    Fuel Capacity
    Diesel 869 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)-591 1451k Members of the 30th Inf., 3rd Div. board LCI(L)s, 24 July 1944, near Naples, Italy, for a practice landing in anticipation of the coming Invasion of southern France in August of 1944.
    Recognizable ships are from right to left:
    USS LCI(L)-591,
    USS LCI(L)-671,
    USS LCI(L)-673,
    USS LCI(L)-672,
    USS LCI(L)-670,
    USS LCI(L)-594,
    USS LCI(L)-595,
    USS LCI(L)-593,
    USS LCI(L)-592,
    USS LCI(L)-587 and
    USS LST-141.
    US National Archives photo # III-SC-192675, Box 222, a US Army Signal Corps photo by Cuca 163rd Signal Photo Company, US Army Signal Corps.    		 Dave Kerr
    LCI(L)-581 1162k 3rd Inf Div. troops disembark from USS LCI(L)-670, USS LCI(L)-672, USS LCI(L)-669, USS LCI(L)-673, and two unidentifiable LCIs in the distance, during practice landing operations in the Formta area of Italy, 31 July 1944, prior to the invasion of southern France in August 1944.
    US National Archives photo # III-SC 192677, Box 222, a US Army Signal Corps. photo now in the collection of the US National Archives.    		 Dave Kerr
    LCI(L)-673
    1015067301    		 68k USS LCI(L)-673 preparing to conduct an underway evolution such as; transfer of personnel, delivery of mail, refueling, or resupply of food, parts and amunition, date and location unknown. Jim McMeekin
    LCI(L)-445
    1015045520    		 132k From right to left:
    USS LCI(G)-455
    USS LCI(G)-41
    USS LCI(M)-638
    USS LCI(L)-1012
    USS LCI(L)-640
    USS LCI(M)-673 and
    USS LC(FF)-679 moored in a nest in San Diego Bay, circa early 1946.
    Photo from the USS LCI National Association's newsletter, the "Elsie Item", March 2019.    		 Ardie Hunt
    The history for USS LCI(L)-673 / LCI(M)-673 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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