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USS LCI(G)-458
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 USS LCI(L)-458 (1943 - 1944)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Quebec - Kilo - Foxtrot
 NQKF
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - Navy Unit Commendation - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia clasp)
LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, 19 July 1943, at New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber, N.J., (date unknown)
  • Launched, 1 September 1943
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-458, 10 September 1943, LT. J. D. Templeton, USNR, in command (May 1945)
  • Reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Gunboat) USS LCI(G)-458, 15 June 1944
  • During World War II USS LCI(L)-458 / USS LCI(G)-458 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LCI(G) Flotilla Three and
     LCI(G) Flotilla Six, CDR. CDR. A. R. Montgomery USN;
     LCI Group Sixteen, LCDR. R. S. Richabaugh, USNR;
     LCI Division Sixteen and participated in the following campaigns:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaigns and Dates Campaigns and Dates
    Marianas operation
    Capture and occupation of Saipan 20 June to 16 July 1944
    Capture and occupation of Guam, 17 to 21 July 1944     		Western Caroline Islands operation
    Capture and occupation of southern Palau Islands, 6 September to 14 October 1944
    Tinian capture and occupation
    24 July to 10 August 1944     		 

  • Following World War II USS LCI(G)-458 performed occupation duty in the Far East, 2 September to 2 October 1945
  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 17 April 1946
  • Sold, 3 December 1946
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • USS LCI(G)-458 earned three battle stars for World War II service in addition to 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 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
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    USS LCI(L)-458
    LCI(L)-458 310k USS LCI(L)-458 underway, circa June 1944, location unknown. Forwarded by John Clingman for Daniel Wilmes whose father Robert K. Wilmes MM3 USS Dawn took the photo.
    USS LCI(G)-458
    LCI(L)-458 835k USS LCI(G)-458 brings wounded to USS Mercy (AH-8), date and location unknown. Jerry Gilmartin MMC(SW) USN Ret. Secretary AFMM LCI 713, Curator PT-658 Save the PT Boat Inc, courtesy Dennis Blocker LCI National Association Historian
    LCI(L)-458 781k
    The history for USS LCI(L)-458 / USS LCI(G)-458 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
    Western Caroline Islands Attack Landing Order
    Beach White Peleliu - CTF 32 Operation Plan A501-44 Appendix 4 to Annex "D"
    USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association
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