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USS LCI(L)-492

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Quebec - Uniform - Echo
NQUE

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal

USS LCI(L)-492 was leased to the United Kingdom

LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):

Laid down, circa September-October 1943 at New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber, N.J.

Launched in October 1943

Commissioned USS LCI(L)-492, 4 November 1943

During World War II USS LCI(L)-492 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater and participated in the following campaign:

Campaign and Dates
Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign
Invasion of Normandy, 6 to 25 June 1944

Decommissioned and leased to the United Kingdom, 20 November 1944

Returned to US Navy custody, 4 May 1946

Struck from the Naval Register in 1946

USS LCI(L)-492 earned one battle star for World War II service

Transferred to the State Department and sold, May 1946

Final Disposition, fate unknown

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

Size	Image Description	Source
84k	USS LCI(L)-492 moored pierside, date and location unknown.	Thomas L. Mayes for his father Thomas B. Mayes SMCS USN Ret. USS LCI(L)-492
66k	USS LCI(L)-492 Signalman Seaman Thomas B. Mayes on the conn using the signal light, date unknown, England.	Thomas L. Mayes for his father Thomas B. Mayes SMCS USN Ret. USS LCI(L)-492
250k	USS LCI(L)-492 and USS LCI(L)-89 wait in a British port to load troops for the Invasion of Normandy, circa May-June 1944. US Army photo # USA C-1113	Gerd Matthes
158k	USS LCI(L)-492 USS LCI(L)-83, USS LCI(L)-85 and USS LCI(L)-89 in a British port while loading troops for D-Day (Normandy), circa 4-5 June 1944. Photo from USS LCI National Association's newsletter "The Elsie Item", March 2010 issue	Ardie Hunt
89k	USS LCI(L)-492 crew members top side, date and location unknown.	Thomas L. Mayes for his father Thomas B. Mayes SMCS USN Ret. USS LCI(L)-492
120k	USS LCI(L)-492 partial crew photo, date and location unknown. Photo from USS LCI National Association's newsletter "The Elsie Item", June 2006 issue, courtesy of Peter Fantacone, USS LCI(L)-492	Ardie Hunt

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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Last Updated 22 October 2010