USS LCI (G) 475
Harold S. Radcliffe MoMM2/C

OCTOBER 7, 1943           REPORTED ABOARD FOR DUTY. SHIP WAS COMMISSIONED AT 1300 OCT, 7.                                             DEC,7 1943

DEC,7, 1943                      NORFOLK VA. TO KEY WEST FLA.
DEC,1                                KEY WEST FLA. TO COLON REPUBLIC OF PANAMA
DEC,25                              (XMAS) WENT THROUGH THE PANAMA CANAL AND ARRIVED IN BALBOA                                            ON THE PACIFIC SIDE DEC 26 BALBOA TO SAN DIEGO
1944
JAN,9                                ARRIVED IN SAN DIEGO
JAN,9 TO MARCH 29    SHIP WAS CONVERTED INTO A LCI GUNBOAT SPENT SOMETIME                                            ON MANEUVERS AT SAN CLEMENTE IS.
MARCH 29                      SAN DIEGO TO PEARL HARBOR
APRIL 18                          PEARL HARBOR TO FUNAFUTI (ELLICE IS.)
APRIL 29                          FUNAFUTI TO GUADALCANAL & TULAGI
MAY 28                             GUADALCANAL TO KWAJELIEN (MARSHALL IS.)
JUNE 9                              KWAJELIEN TO SAIPAN (MARIANAS)
JUNE 15                            * "D" DAY AT SAIPAN
JUNE 28                            SAIPAN TO ENIWETOK
JULY 15                            ENIWETOK TO GUAM
JULY 21                            * "D" DAY AT GUAM
JULY 29                            GUAM TO ENIWETOK
AUGUST 6                        ENIWETOK TO PEARL HARBOR
SEPT. 11                           PEARL HARBOR TO ENIWETOK
SEPT. 26                           ENIWETOK TO MANUS (ADMIRALTY IS.)
OCT. 11                            MANUS TO LEYTE (PHILIPPINES)
OCT. 20                            * "A" DAY AT LEYTE
OCT. 24                            LEYTE TO HOLLANDIA (DUTCH NEW GUINEA)
NOV. 5                             HOLLANDIA TO WOENDI IS. (SCHOULTEN IS.)
NOV. 26                           WOENDI TO HOLLANDIA
DEC. 11                            HOLLANDIA TO MANUS
DEC. 14                            MANUS TO HUON GULF (NEW GUINEA) (MANEUVERS)
DEC.19                             HUON GULF TO MANUS
DEC. 27                            MANUS TO LINGAYEN GULF (LUZON P.I.)
JAN. 9 1945                     * "S" DAY AT LINGAYEN
JAN. 20                            LINGAYEN TO SANTIAGO IS.
JAN. 21                            SANTIAGO IS. TO LINGAYEN
JAN. 31                            LINGAYEN TO LEYTE
MARCH 5                       LEYTE TO ULITHI (CAROLINES)
MARCH 19                     ULITHI TO KERAMA RETTO & OKINAWA (RYUKYU IS.)
MARCH 26                     * "D" DAY AT KERAMA RETTO
APRIL 1ST                      * "L" DAY AT OKINAWA.
JUNE 1ST                        OKINAWA TO SAIPAN
JUNE 16                           SAIPAN TO ENIWETOK
JUNE 21                           ENIWETOK TO PEARL HARBOR
                                          PEARL HARBOR TO ???????????????????

LCI 475 was one of 160 LCI's built at the New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp. at Barber New Jersey-under the management of Todd Shipyards Corporation. The 475 was stricken from Naval records In 1946 and scrapped in 1948 at Harbor Marine Salvage, San Diego in 1948. Submitted by Harold S. Radcliffe, MoMM2/C-crew member from commissioning to August 1945

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