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USS LCI(L)-494

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Quebec - Uniform - Kilo
NQUK

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal

USS LCI(L)-494 was leased to the United Kingdom following the Invasion of Normandy operation

LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):

Laid down in October 1943 at New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber, N.J.

Launched in October 1943

Delivered in November 1943

Commissioned USS LCI(L)-494, 8 November 1943

During World War II USS LCI(L)-494 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater and participated in the following campaign;

Campaign and Dates
Europe Africa-Middle East Campaign
Invasion of Normandy, 6 to 25 June 1944

Decommissioned in November 1944

Leased under terms of the Lend-Lease Act to the United Kingdom, 30 November 1944

Returned to US Navy custody, 15 August 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, 1946

USS LCI(L)-494 earned one battle star for World War II service

Transferred to the Maritime Commission and sold, 24 June 1947

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 236 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

Complement

4 officers

24 enlisted

Troop Capacity

6 officers

182 enlisted

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 knots; and 110 tons of fuel

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

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

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
	90k	Father (Major) Edward J. Waters, Catholic Chaplain from Oswego, New York, conducts Divine Services on a pier at Weymouth, England for members of the first assault troops thrown against Hitler’s forces on the continent, 6 June 1944. In the background are USS LCI(L)-490 and USS LCI 494, plus numerous other LCI(L)s.		Marc S. Levine in honor of his father Arthur Levine, GM2 USS LCI(R)-337
1015049402	141k	USS LCI(L)-494 underway off the Normandy Beach, June 1944. Select frame from a short film named "Invasion of Rangoon, Rangoon, Burma; Landing on Tarakan, Indonesian Borneo". Film was spliced with the invasion of Normandy, May-June 1944 footage. US National Archives and Records Administration NAID:17951, Local ID 111-ADC-4149.		David Upton

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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