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USS LCI(G)-440
ex
 USS LCI(L)-440 (1944)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Kilo - Xray - Lima
 NKXL
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Unit Commendation - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (5) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down (date unknown) at New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber, N.J.
  • Launched (date unknown)
  • Commissioned as USS LCI(L)-440, 6 August 1943, C.J. Keyes in command
  • Designation changed to Landing Craft Infantry (Gunboat) LCI(G)-440, 15 June 1944
  • During World War II LCI(L)-440 / LCI(G)-440 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater
    (at Okinawa) LCI Flotilla Three. CDR. M. J. Malanaphy / CDR. Eikel R. Jr. USNR;
     LCI Group Nine, LCDR C. J. Starkus, USN (Ret);
     LCI Division Seventeen and participated in the in the following campaigns:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaigns and Dates Campaigns and Dates
    Marshall Islands operation;
    Occupation of Kwajalein and Majuro Atolls, 31 January to 8 February 1944
    Occupation of Eniwetok Atoll, 17 to 26 February 1944    		 Luzon operation;
    Lingayen Gulf landing, 9 January 1945
    Marianas operation;
    Capture and occupation of Guam, 21 to 28 July 1944    		 Okinawa Gunto operation;
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 1 April to 1 June 1945
    Leyte operation;
    Leyte landings, 20 October 1944    		 .

  • Decommissioned (date unknown)
  • Struck from the Naval Register in 1946
  • LCI(L)-440 / LCI(G)-440 earned five battle stars for World War II service in addition to the Navy Unit Commendation as a member of LCI(G) Flotilla 3 (31 January to 28 July 1944) for Occupation of Kwajalein and Eniwetok Atolls in the Marshall Islands and Capture and occupation of Saipan, Guam and Tinian in the Marianas
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 30 January 1948
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown.
    Specifications:
    Displacement 246 t.(light), 264 t. (landing), 419 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
    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 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
    LCI(G) Armament
    two single 40mm guns
    four single 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)-440 82k USS LCI(G)-440 underway, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Hyperwar US Navy
    in World War II
    LCI(L)-440 90k LCI(G)-440 at anchor, date and place unknown.
    US Navy photo    		 Evan D. Hardy via Robert Amick
    LCI(L)-440
    1015044004    		 494k USS LCI(G)-440 (foreground) and an unidentified LCI(G) probably off the coast of Okinawa, circa April-May 1945. Notice the rocket launchers, these were put into good use at Guam, Leyte, Lingayan Gulf and Okinawa.
    US Navy photo from USS Tennessee (BB-43) Cruise Book, 1941-1045, p. 64.    		 David Upton
    LCI(L)-440 383k USS LCI(G)-440 log of commissioned service. Evan D. Hardy via Robert Amick
    LCI-78 69k From left to right ; USS LCI(G)-78
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    USS LCI(G)-439 moored in a nest at Pearl Harbor, July 1945.
    Photo from the LCI National Association's Newsletter "The Elsie Item", June 1996 issue.    		 Ardie Hunt
    The history for LCI(L)-440 / LCI(G)-440 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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