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USS LCI(L)-606

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Papa - Golf - Echo
NPGE

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

USS LCI(L)-606 was transferred to Argentina and named ARA BDI No.4 (Q-57)

LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):

Laid down, 4 April 1944, at New Jersey Ship Building Corp., Barber, N.J.

Launched, 2 May 1944

Commissioned USS LCI(L)-606, 8 May 1944, LTjg. J. C. Johnston, USNR in command (May 1945)

During World War II USS LCI(L)-606 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LCI Flotilla Five, CDR. M. V. Milton;
LCI Group Fifteen, (flagship) LCDR. E. S. Dulcan;
LCI Division Twenty-Nine

Following World War II USS LCI(L)-606 performed occupation duty in the Far East from 12 September 1945 to 5 January 1946

Decommissioned, date unknown

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

Transferred to the Maritime Administration, 18 February 1948, for disposal

Transferred to the government of Argentina, redesignated ARA BDI No.4 (Q-57) in 1949

Final Disposition, disposed of by the Argentine Navy in 1967, fate unknown

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

Armament

five single 20mm gun mounts, 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

Robert Hurst

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Contributed By
USS LCI(L)-606
	107k	USS LCI-606 at Sasebo, Japan, USS LSM-344 and possibly USS LSM-476 left background, leaving port. An unidentified destroyer and tender can be seen in the right background, 24 September 1945.	Richard W. Friedrich, F/1c, LSM-467, Collection, slide number 023
	228k	USS LCI-606 tying up alongside an LCT, date and location unknown. Photo from US Navy Memorial	Richard Levine
ARA BDI No.4 (Q-57)
	50k	Ex-USS LCI-606 in the Republic of Argentina service as ARA BDI No.4 (Q-57) underway, date and place unknown.	Robert Hurst
	20k	ARA BDI No.4 (Q-57) and *ARA BDI No.5* (Q-58)** (ex-USS LCI(L)-750 moored pierside, date and location unknown.

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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