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USS LCI(L)-496


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Quebec - Uniform - Tango
 NQUT
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)-496 was leased to the United Kingdom following the Invasion of Normandy in 1944
LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down in October 1943 at New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber, N.J.
  • Launched in October 1943
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-496, 11 November 1943
  • During World War II USS LCI(L)-496 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater and participated in the following campaign;

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

  • Decommissioned and leased to the United Kingdom, 30 November 1944
  • Returned to US Navy custody, 25 September 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 13 December 1946
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission and sold, 10 November 1947
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • USS LCI(L)-496 earned one battle star for World War II service
    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
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    LCI(L)-496 146k USS LCI(L)-496, USS LCI(L)-85, USS LCI(L)-88, USS LCI(L)-90, USS LCI(L)-92, and USS LCI(L)-491, prepare for the Invasion of Normandy while in an English port, circa 5 June 1944.
    Images are from the DVD "D-Day Code Name: Overlord" with the permission of Denver Collins, Editor, Timeless Media Group, Eugene OR.     		Robert Morrissey
    LCI(L)-496 117k
    LCI(L)-496/490 100k USS LCI(L)-490 and USS LCI(L)-496 approach "Omaha" Beach, 6 June 1944. Photo by Wall.
    US Army Signal Corps photo # SC 189987 from the Army Signal Corps collection at the US National Archives.    		 US Naval Historical Center and Don G. McGranahan PhM1/c
    The history for USS LCI(L)-496 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
    USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association
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