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USS LCI(G)-18
ex
 USS LCI(L)-18 (1942 - 1945)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Juliet - Papa - Yankee
 NJPY
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (4) - World War II Victory Medal
LCI-1 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, 13 September 1942 at New York Shipbuilding Camden, N.J.
  • Launched, 7 October 1942
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-18, 11 December 1942
  • During World War II USS LCI(L)-18 was assigned to the European-Africa-Middle East Theater, LCI Flotilla One, and participated in the following campaigns:

    Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Sicilian occupation, 9 to 15 July 1943 West coast of Italy operations
    Anzio-Nettuno advanced landing 22 January to 5 February, 13 February to 1 March 1944
    Elba and Pianosa landings, 17 June 1944
    Salerno landings, 9 to 21 September 1943 Invasion of southern France, 15 to 30 August 1944

  • Redesignated Landing Craft Guns LCI(G)-18, 15 July 1945
  • Decommissioned in 1945
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 21 January 1946
  • USS LCI(L)-18 earned four battle stars for WWII service
  • Final Disposition, sold, 13 December 1946, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 216 t.(light), 234 t.(landing); 389 t.(loaded)
    Length 158' 5 1/2"
    Beam 23' 3"
    Draft
    Light 3'1½" mean
    Landing, 2' 8" forward, 4' 10"aft
    Loaded, 5' 4" forward 5' 11" aft
    Speed
    6 kts (max.)
    14 kts maximum continuous
    LCI(L) Complement
    3 Officers
    21 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
    four single 20mm guns one forward, one amidship, two aft
    two .50cal machine guns
    LCI(G) Armament
    two 40mm guns
    four 20mm guns
    six .50cal machine guns
    ten MK7 rocket launchers
    Fuel Capacity
    Diesel 130 tons
    lube oil 200 gal
    Propulsion
    two sets of four General Motors Diesel engines, four per shaft, BHP 1,600
    twin variable pitch propellers
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    LCI(L)-192 87k Flotilla 1 LCI(L)s USS LCI(L)-188, USS LCI(L)-18, USS LCI(L)-192, USS LCI(L)-44, and USS LCI(L)-189, landing French 9th Colonial Infantry Division troops during the invasion of Elba, 17 June 1944
    US Army Signal Corps photo.    		 James E. Lynch former CO USS LCI(L)-192
    LCI(L)-18/188/192/44/189 76k Flotilla 1 LCI(L)s USS LCI(L)-188, USS LCI(L)-18, USS LCI(L)-192, USS LCI(L)-44, and USS LCI(L)-189, landing French 9th Colonial Infantry Division troops during the invasion of Elba, 17 June 1944. USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association
    Courtesy James E. Lynch former CO USS LCI(L)-192
    LCI(L)-18 193k A DUKW amphibious truck with a load of blood and medical personnel moves in from a landing beach in the southern France invasion area on 26 August 1944, eleven days after the initial assault. USS LCI(L)-18 is beached in the center background. Note the Amphibious Forces insignia painted on the side of the DUKW.
    US Army Signal Corps photo # SC 429012 Photographed by Harris. From the US Army Signal Corps Collection in the US National Archives.    		 Robert Hurst
    LCI(L)-18 70k USS LCI(L)-18 moored pierside at Golfe Juan, France (between Cannes and Nice) in April 1945. Melody Press Sloan for her father-in-law ENS. Philip Stanley Sloan USNR CO LCI(L)-18
    LCI(L)-18 78k USS LCI(L)-18 beached, date and location unknown. Melody Press Sloan for her father-in-law ENS. Philip Stanley Sloan USNR CO LCI(L)-18
    LCI(L)-18 63k Images of and newspaper article (1945) about ENS. Philip S. Sloan USNR Commanding Officer USS LCI(L)-18, 17 April 1945, Marseilles, France. First of being in command of the ship. Melody Press Sloan for her father-in-law ENS. Philip Stanley Sloan USNR CO LCI(L)-18
    LCI(L)-18 391k
    The history for USS LCI(L)-18 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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