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USS LCI(G)-451
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 USS LCI(L)-451 (1943 - 1944)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Quebec - Juliet - Alpha
 NQJA
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - Navy Unit Commendation - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (6) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippine Liberation Medal (2)
LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, 26 June 1943, at New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber, N.J.
  • Launched, 19 August 1943
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-451, 28 August 1943, LTjg C. E. Orr, USNR, in command
  • Reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Gunboat) LCI(G)-451, 15 June 1944
  • During World War II USS LCI(L)-451 / LCI(G)-451 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LCI(G) Flotilla Three; and
     LCI(G) Flotilla Six, CDR. CDR. A. R. Montgomery USN;
     LCI Group Seventeen, LCDR. C. F. Robinson, USNR;
     LCI Division Thirty-Four and participated 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 February to 2 March 1944     		Leyte operation Leyte landings, 20 October 1944
    Marianas operation
    Capture and occupation of Saipan, 15 June to 4 August 1944
    Capture and occupation of Guam, 17 to 21 July 1944     		Luzon operation
    Lingayen Gulf landing, 9 January 1945
    Capture and occupation of Tinian
    24 July to 28 July 1944     		Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 26 March to 1 June 1945

  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1946
  • Final Disposition, destroyed, 27 February 1947
  • USS LCI(L)-451 / LCI(G)-451 earned six 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
    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 AA gun mounts
    four 20mm AA gun mounts
    six .50cal machine guns
    ten MK7 rocket launchers
    Fuel Capacity 130 tons, lube oil 200 gal.
    Propulsion
    two sets of 4 General Motors Diesel engines, 4 per shaft, BHP 1,600
    twin variable pitch propellers
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    LCI(L)-443 55k USS LCI(G)-451 at anchor, date and location unknown. Jerry Gilmartin AFMM secretary LCI713 restoration crew.
    LCI(L)-443 41k USS LCI(G)-451 40mm AA gun mount crew, date and location unknown. Jerry Gilmartin AFMM secretary LCI713 restoration crew.
    LCI(L)-443 34k USS LCI(G)-451 crew members with Japanese flag, date and location unknown. Jerry Gilmartin AFMM secretary LCI713 restoration crew.
    LCI(L)-443 52k USS LCI(G)-451 with rockets ready to launch, date and location unknown. Jerry Gilmartin AFMM secretary LCI713 restoration crew.
    The history for LCI(L)-451 / LCI(G)-451 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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    Last Updated 18 July 2014