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USS LCI(G)-751
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USS LCI(L)-751 (1944)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Quebec - November - Quebec
NQNQ

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 (4)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation Medal (2)

LCI(L)-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):

Laid down, 20 March 1944, at Commercial Iron Works, Portland. OR.

Launched, 9 April 1944

Commissioned USS LCI(L)-751, 22 April 1944, LT. H. D. Frick USN in command (May 1945)

Reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Guns) LCI(G)-751, 15 June 1944

During World War II USS LCI(G)-751 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LCI Flotilla Six, CDR. A.R. Montgomery USN;
LCI Group Sixteen, LCDR. R. S. Richabaugh USNR;
LCI Division Thirty-One and participated in the following campaigns:

Campaigns and Dates	Campaigns and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Leyte operation Leyte landings, 20 October 1944	Manila Bay-Bicol operation Nasugbu, 31 January to 2 February 1945
Luzon operation Lingayen Gulf landings, 4 to 18 January 1945	Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and Occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 25 March to 24 June 1945

Decommissioned, date unknown

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

USS LCI(G)-751 earned four battle stars for World War II service

Sold, 22 November 1946

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(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

five single 20mm gun mounts, 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

LCI(G) Armament

two 40mm AA gun mounts

four 20mm AA gun mounts

six .50cal machine guns

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
	72k	USS LCI(L)-751 crew photo, commissioning day, 22 April 1944, at Commercial Iron Works, Portland. OR. The numbers 751 are visible through the camouflage paint on the conning tower. US Navy photo courtesy Robert Wright in honor of his father Jack Wright USS LCI(G)-751	Robert Morrissey
	68k	USS LCI(L)-751 officers, commissioning day, 22 April 1944, at Commercial Iron Works, Portland. OR US Navy photo courtesy Robert Wright in honor of his father Jack Wright USS LCI(G)-751	Robert Morrissey
	34k	Jack Wright is to the right. He and his shipmate are standing at one of USS LCI(G)-751's four 20mm gun mounts, date and location unknown. Photo courtesy Robert Wright in honor of his father Jack Wright USS LCI(G)-751	Robert Morrissey
	13k	USS LCI(G)-751 conning tower, date and location unknown. Photo courtesy Robert Wright in honor of his father Jack Wright USS LCI(G)-751	Robert Morrissey
	25k	Two USS LCI(G)-751 crew members, date and location unknown. Photo courtesy Robert Wright in honor of his father Jack Wright USS LCI(G)-751	Robert Morrissey
	36k	Firing one of USS LCI(G)-751's two .50 machine gun crews, date and location unknown. Photo courtesy Robert Wright in honor of his father Jack Wright USS LCI(G)-751	Robert Morrissey
1015075114	110k	USS LCI(G)-751 crew member Smiley” Bowen looking out over Leyte Gulf, circa October-November 1944.	Bob Applegate for his father LTjg. Howard Vincent Applegate.
1015075119	139k	The scene at Waterhole, Samar Island, Philippines in February 1945 as USS LCI(G)-751 comes alongside to replenish her fresh water supply.	Bob Applegate for his father LTjg. Howard Vincent Applegate.
1015075111	166k	*UDT-12* explored the beaches at Yakabi Shima, 25 March 1945, while USS LCI(G)-751 and other gunboats provided covering fire if needed.	Bob Applegate for his father LTjg. Howard Vincent Applegate.
1015075112	151k	Marine LVTs proceed to the the beach at Ie Shima, 16 April 1945, at a top speed of 4 knots as the gunboats of LCDR. C.F. Robinson's Gunboat Support Division Four which included USS LCI(G)-751 provided covering fire	Bob Applegate for his father LTjg. Howard Vincent Applegate.
1015075113	156k
1015075115	103k
1015075116	130k	Okinawa as seen USS LCI(G)-751, circa March-June 1945.	Bob Applegate for his father LTjg. Howard Vincent Applegate.
	147k	USS LCI(G)-751 bow 40mm gun crew General Quarters during “flash Red” at Okinawa. C.M. Wells, Bowen, Cole." Photo courtesy Robert Wright for his father Jack Wright USS LCI(G)-751 and Bob Applegate for his father LTjg. Howard Vincent Applegate LCI(G)-751.	Robert Morrissey and Bob Applegate
1015075122	236k	USS LCI(G)-751 after 20mm gun mount during Flash Red at Okinawa, Pummel, Wiggins and Holder.	Bob Applegate for his father LTjg. Howard Vincent Applegate.
1015075121	150k	The bearded boys of USS LCI(G)-751 at Okinawa. Front row, left to right; Spencer, Hewitt, Frederic. Back row left to right; Wilber, Pomery, Miskimen, Bush.	Bob Applegate for his father LTjg. Howard Vincent Applegate.
1015075118	160k	Japanese prisoners of war taken at Okinawa, 3 June 1945. The CO, LT. Flick, is in the background.	Bob Applegate for his father LTjg. Howard Vincent Applegate.
1015075123	135k	LTjg. Howard V. Applegate, USNR on the conning tower of USS LCI(G)-751, date and location unknown.	Bob Applegate for his father LTjg. Howard Vincent Applegate.
	29k	Adding a down plane symbol to the USS LCI(G)-751's conning tower, date and location unknown. Photo courtesy Robert Wright in honor of his father Jack Wright USS LCI(G)-751	Robert Morrissey
1015075110	74k	USS LCI(G)-751 at anchor, date and location unknown.	Bob Applegate for his father LTjg. Howard Vincent Applegate.
1015075120	158k	Wash day aboard USS LCI(G)-751 while moored in West Loch, Pearl Harbor, T.H. in September 1945.	Bob Applegate for his father LTjg. Howard Vincent Applegate.
1015075109	66k	Chart of the Pacific Ocean annotated by LTjg. Howard Vincent Applegate, USNR showing the voyage record of USS LCI(G)-751.	Bob Applegate for his father LTjg. Howard Vincent Applegate.