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USS LCI(L)-713

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Quebec - Golf - Echo
NQGE

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation Medal (1)

LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):

Laid down, 27 July 1944, at George Lawley and Son Shipyard, Neponset, MA.

Launched, 5 August 1944

Commissioned USS LCI(L)-713, 18 August 1944, LTjg Walter W. Parris, in command

During World War II USS LCI(L)-713 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LCI Flotilla Twenty-Four and participated in the following campaign:

Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
Consolidation of the Southern Philippines; Mindanao Island landings, 10 March 1945

Decommission, 6 October 1946, at Seattle, WA.

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

USS LCI(L)-713 earned one battle star for World War II service

Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal

Sold to C.T. Smith & Sons, of Portland OR.,10 February 1948, used as a storage vessel for log towing tugs

Current Disposition, being restored at Portland OR. for public display

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

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
	365k	USS LCI(L)-713 and USS LCI(L)-711 beached on Red Beach Two, Zamboanga, Mindanao. P.I., 10 March 1945.	Carl Kracht for his father PHom1/c Ken Kracht
	58k	USS LCI(L)-713 crew photo, date and location unknown.	Robert Morrissey
	70k	USS LCI(L)-713 underway with a tug alongside at Long Beach CA. in January-February 1946 returning from the Pacific theater.	Derick S. Hartshorn
	32k	ex *LCI(L)-713* at Portland OR.	Pacific Northwest Historical Group
	55k	Ex-USS LCI(L)-713 with bow doors open, at Portland, OR., date unknown.	USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association
	98k	Ex-USS LCI(L)-713 at Portland, OR., date unknown.	USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association
	67k	Ex-USS LCI(L)-713 at Portland, OR, Fall 2003.	Photo by Ed Sinclair
	65k	Ex-USS LCI(L)-713 at Portland, OR., Fall 2003.	Photo by Ed Sinclair
	691k	Ex-USS LCI(L)-713 at her mooring on the Columbia River at Portland. OR., May 2007.	Photo by Jerry Gilmartin
	348k	Ex-USS LCI(L)-713 moored on the Columbia River at Portland. OR., 24 July 2008.	Photo by Larry Lee RM1 USN Ret.
	285k	Ex-USS LCI(L)-713 moored on the Columbia River at Portland. OR., 24 July 2008.	Photo by Larry Lee RM1 USN Ret.
	1431k	Ex-USS LCI(L)-713 moored on the Columbia River at Portland. OR. Photo was taken during the National LCI Association National meeting at Portland in 2009.	Photo by Joe Flynn
	471k	Partially restored ex-USS LCI(L)-713 moored in her permanent berth on the Columbia River a Hayden Island in Portland, OR. *LCI(L)-713* has been entered in the US National Register of Historical Register of Historical Places. Photo by Ian Poellet, 23 July 2012, from the pedestrian walkway on the west span of the Interstate Bridge.	Robert Hurst
	174k	Ex-USS LCI(L)-713 moored at Hayden Island, Portland, OR., with ex- Sakarissa(YTM-269) alongside, June 2010.	Robert Hurst
1015071317	410k	Ex-USS LCI(L)-713 moored at Hayden Island, Portland, OR., with ex- Sakarissa(YTM-269) alongside, 2011. ©Lyn Topinka 2011	Tommy Trampp
	154k	Ex-USS LCI(L)-713 moored on the Multnomah Channel in the vicinity of Scapoose, OR., circa 2014.	Photos by Jim Hottois
	168k		Photos by Jim Hottois
	1294k	Ex-USS LCI(L)-713 moored at Swan Island, Portland, OR., June 2015. Photo © Portland Tribune, James Valdez.	Vance W. Tong, Managing Editor Portland Tribune

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
History of USS LCI(L)-713 submitted by Derick S. Hartshorn
Amphibious Forces Memorial Museum
USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association
Video Tour of LCI(L)-713

LCI(L)-713 is in the process of restoration to its original configuration by the non-profit corporation, Amphibious Forces Memorial Museum. The ship is moored at Portland, Oregon and further information is available on their web site: Amphibious Forces Memorial Museum

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