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USS LCI(G)-422
ex
 USS LCI(L)-422 (1944)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Kilo - India - Quebec
 NKIQ
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3) World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal (2)
LCI(L)-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, 15 February 1944, at George Lawley & Sons in Neponset, MA.
  • Launched, 21 February 1944
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-422, 28 February 1944, LTjg. Phillip A Crowl USNR in command
  • Reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Guns) LCI(G)-422, 15 July 1944
  • During World War II USS LCI(G)-422 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LCI Flotilla Six, CDR. A.R. Montgomery USN;
     LCI Group Sixteen, LCDR. R. S. Richabaugh USNR;
    LCI Division Thirty and participated in the following campaigns:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaigns and Dates Campaigns and Dates
    Leyte operation
    Leyte landings, 20 October 1944     		Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and Occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 April to 30 June 1945
    Luzon operation
    Lingayen Gulf landings, 7 to 18 January 1945     		 
  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 22 March 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 15 August 1946
  • USS LCI(G)-422 earned three battle stars for World War II service
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 246 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
    LCI(L) Complement
    4 Officers
    24 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
    five single 20mm gun mounts, 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
    LCI(G) Armament
    two 40mm AA gun mounts
    four 20mm AA gun mounts
    six .50cal machine guns
    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(G)-422
    1015042203    		 229k USS LCI(G)-422 Passing under the Golden Gate Bridge while entering San Francisco Bay returning the the United States after completing duty in the Asiatic-Pacific Theater.
    US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # NH 86181.    		 Darryl Baker
    LCI(L)-627 49k USS LCI(G)-422, left, USS LCI(FF)-627, right, and USS LCI(G)-442 right, coming into position for a rocket attack on the western Okinawa beaches, 1 April 1945.
    Action Report of LCI(G)-442, dated 27 July 1945
    "1 April 1945: CTG 52.17 was aboard LC(FF)-627 which acted as guide until the line of departure was reached. CTU 52.17.2 aboard LCI(G)-442 then took command of Task Unit. LCI(G)-422 was the second ship in the column following astern of LCI(G)-442 and LCI(G)-565 was behind LCI(G)-422. This three column ship formation then proceeded to assault the beach firing their 40mm, 20mm and 4.5" rockets. After this initial assault the LVT's headed towards the beach in three waves."
    Photo from the USS LCI Association 2007 calendar, courtesy Bill Ringle. A US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 Photo contributed by Ardie Hunt
    Caption contributed by Darrell Allison
    LCI(G)-422 159k USS LCI(G)-422 "trench art" dog tags. Tommy Trampp
    LCI(G)-422 358k A magazine ad for Baby Ruth candy bar showing USS LCI(G)-422 landing troops.
    Photo from the USS LCI National Associations newsletter, "Elsie Item", September 2017 issue.    		 Ardie Hunt
    The history for USS LCI(L)-422 / LCI(G)-422 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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