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USS LCI(G)-192
ex
 USS LCI(L)-192 (1943 - 1945)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Quebec - Sierra - Whiskey
 NQSW
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (4)
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
LCI-1 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, 7 December 1942, at Federal Shipbuilding and Drydock Co., Kearny, N.J.
  • Launched, 25 January 1943
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-192, 5 February 1943, at Port Newark, N.J.
  • During World War II USS LCI(L)-192 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater, LCI Flotilla 1, and participated in the following campaigns:
    Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Sicilian occupation, 9 to 13 July 1943 West coast of Italy operations-1944
    Anzio-Nettuno advanced landing 22 January to 21 January to 1 March 1944
    Elba and Pianosa landings, 16 June 1944
    Salerno landings, 9 to 21 September 1943 Invasion of Southern France, 15 August to 25 September 1944

  • Reassigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater, date unknown
  • Modified for gunfire support of amphibious operations in 1945 at San Diego, CA. and reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Guns), LCI(G)-192
  • Following World War II USS LCI(G)-192 was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

    Navy Occupation Service Medal
    China Service Medal (extended)
    24 October to 1 December 194524 October to 1 December 1945

  • Decommissioned in September 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, transferred to the Maritime Commission ship disposal unit. 31 March 1948. fate unknown
  • USS LCI(L)-192 earned four battle stars for WWII service
    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 16 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 130 tons, lube oil 200 gal.
    Propulsion two sets of 4 GM diesels, 4 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)-192 40k USS LCI(L)-192, underway in March 1945 after exiting the Panama Canal enroute to San Diego for conversion to LCI(G). Note gun mounts removed in anticipation of conversion. James E. Lynch former CO USS LCI(L)-192
    LCI(L)-192 1101k USS LCI(L)-192, underway in March 1945 after exiting the Panama Canal enroute to San Diego for conversion to LCI(G) exchanging movies with USS LCI(L)-195. 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
    USS LCI(G)-192
    LCI(L)-192 5148k USS LCI(G)-192 drydocked at Long Beach Naval Shipyard during conversion to an LCI(G) She is in the drydock along with nine other LCIs, USS Petrof Bay (CVE-80) and USS Mustin (DD-413), circa June to August, 1945, Mustindeparted Okinawa 28 May for Guam, Pearl Harbor, Eniwetok, and San Pedro, arriving 18 June for a yard overhaul and alterations. The war ended 6 days before she left San Pedro. On 19 June Petrof Bay moored at the Naval Operating Base, Terminal Island, San Pedro, for a general overhaul. Petrof Bay sailed for Pearl Harbor 14 August. Larry Gauthier
    LCI(L)-192 57k USS LCI(G)-192 at San Diego, CA., after conversion to LCI(G), being readied for trip to Pearl Harbor and then on to Okinawa. James E. Lynch former CO USS LCI(L)-192
    USS LCI(L) / USS LCI(G)-192
    History provided by James E. Lynch former CO LCI(L)-192
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    Official Report of the - Mining of LCI(L)-237
    USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association
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