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USS LCI(M)-582
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USS LCI(L)-582 (1944 - 1945)

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	*LCI(L)-582* and other vessels of her Group after first arriving at Oran, Algeria in 1943. They were later moved to Mers el Kebir which is east of Oran.
	Looking forward on the right ramp of *LCI(L)-582* at Molo San Vincenzo, Naples, date unknown.
	*LCI(L)-582* heading into the beach at St.Tropez, France during the Invasion of Southern France, 15 August 1944. *LCI(L)-582*, as a Group Staff LCI, carried a small contingent of Army communications personnel, about 60, to the beach whereas the rest of the LCI(L)s in the group carried as many as 200 Army personnel to the beaches.
	Looking toward the beach from *LCI(L)-582* off St. Tropez during the Invasion of Southern France on D-Day, 15 August 1944.
	Looking toward the beach from *LCI(L)-582* at St. Tropez shortly after the initial assault on 15 August 1944.
	Looking forward from *LCI(L)-582* at St. Tropez shortly after beaching sometime after the initial invasion.
	Looking forward from *LCI(L)-582* in the harbor at Marseilles, France, date unknown. Note the deck *LCI(L)-582* is crowded with French troops.
	*LCI(L)-582* at Mers-El-Kebir, Oran, Algeria while French African troops board to be transported to another location in the Mediterranean.
	*LCI(L)-582* at Mers-El-Kebir, Oran, Algeria while French African troops board to be ferried to another location in the Mediterranean. *LCI(L)-582* was often employed transporting various troops including such diverse units as: Navy CBs - After leaving *LCI(L)-582* the crew found hand grenades rolling around the deck in the sleeping quarters. French officers - They brought their women with them. Some took off their halter tops to make kerchiefs to hold their hair in place. At night it wasn't safe to walk across the gun deck; you might step on some officers backside. Black African troops - They took baths in the communal toilets after removing the seat slats and moved their bowels on one particular bunk which they chose for that purpose. After they disembarked, that bunk was carried up and thrown overboard.
	Fabre Ouchre, a French Algerian officer, stands in the well deck of *LCI(L)-582* at the foot of the ladder leading up to the gun deck. Note the ship's unofficial dinghy in the background which even had an outboard motor.
	*LCI(L)-582* disembarking either German of Italian prisoners of war, date and place unknown. *LCI(L)-582* transported Italian prisoners, probably from Naples to Civita Vecchia. They sang as a chorus, in the well deck until the ship got out of the harbor. Then many became seasick and the singing stopped.
	*LCI(L)-582* crew members lowering the stern anchor. Many times, while practice beaching, *LCI(L)-582* pulled herself off the beach by dragging on the stern anchor. Full speed astern with the stern anchor out and turning hard rudder left and right usually got the ship off the beach. It was considered embarrassing to have to be pushed off the beach by a bulldozer. The crew figured that in an actual invasion, the Germans wouldn't have the convenient bulldozer available to unbeach the ship.
	View of *LCI(L)-582* from the stern forward across the fantail and up the ladder to the gun deck. Some crew members taking a smoke break.
	View of *LCI(L)-582* crew members from the gun deck looking aft toward the stern, date and place unknown.
	*LCI(L)-582* crew member, last name Gill, on the 20mm gun mount, crew member unidentified and Group Staff Radio Technician, last name King, on the aft end of the starboard ramp looking forward while the ship is at Mers el Kebir, date unknown.
	*LCI(L)-582* crew members, from left to right, Gerry Brewer, pharmacist mate, two unidentified crew members and radioman Odom, date and place unknown.
	*LCI(L)-582*'s two stewards. There were seven officers on board and one steward was assigned for the three Group Staff officers and the other for the four ships officers, Henry O. T. Livingston is on the right.
	George C. Weisert ETM1/c in "my usual seasick position on the covered stern winch of the *LCI(L) 582*"
	*LCI(L) 582*'s galley crew peeling spuds, date and place unknown.
	Two crew members of *LCI(L) 582* relaxing on the fantail while the ship is in convoy, date and place unknown.
	*LCI(L)-582* crew member MoMM3/c Eddington sitting on the edge of the conning tower, date and place unknown.
	Two *LCI(L)-582* crew members, N L Locklear on the right and an unidentified seaman standing on the port ramp, date and place unknown.
	Four of *LCI(L)-582*'s crew, N L Locklear, Harrington, Gill and an unidentified seaman posing in one of the gun tubs, date and place unknown.
	*LCI(L)-582* dry docked, at Naples, Italy, just prior to her return to the United States, fall 1944. The "Skipper" LTjg. Duval Radford along with the XO LTjg. Parks , the Comm Officer LTjg. Mauro Ciccarelli and Group Comm Officer LTjg. Morrison down in the dry dock working on the ships bottom.
	*LCI(L)-582* dry docked, at Naples, Italy, just prior to her return to the United States, fall 1944. LTjg Morrison down in the dry dock working on the ships bottom.