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USS LCI(L)-552


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Foxtrot - Uniform - Echo
 NFUE
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (2)
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, 13 January 1944, at New Jersey Ship Building Corp., Barber, N.J.
  • Launched, 8 February 1944
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-552, 14 February 1944
  • During World War II USS LCI(L)-552 was assigned to the both the Europe-Africa-Middle East and the Asiatic-Pacific Theaters participated in the following campaigns:

    Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Invasion of Normandy, 6 to 25 June 1944 Invasion of Southern France, 15 August to 10 September 1944
  • While assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater USS LCI(L)-552 came under the command of:
    LCI Flotilla Thirty-Seven, LCDR. J. P. Moore;
     LCI Group One Hundred Nine, LCDR. J. W. Detwiler USNR;
     LCI Division Two Hundred Eighteen
  • USS LCI(L)-552 was assigned to Occupation Service in the Far East from 18 to 22 October 1945
  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • USS LCI(L)-552 earned two battle stars for World War II service
  • Final Disposition, transferred to the Maritime Commission, 19 March 1947, for disposal
    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
    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 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
    Fuel Capacity
    130 tons Diesel
    200 gal. lube oil
    Propulsion
    two sets of 4 GM Diesels, 4 per shaft, BHP 1,600
    twin variable pitch propellers
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    LCI(L)-553 1583k USS LCI(L)-552 and LCI(L)-522 landing troops of the US Army 45th Division during the Invasion of Southern France, near Ste. Maxime, on "D-Day" 15 August 1944.
    US Army Signal Corps photo # SC-193146.    		 James Morse for his father, David G. Morse, Jr. Lt. USNR, USS LCI(L)-552) and David Kerr
    The history for USS LCI(L)-552 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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