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USS LCI(L)-620


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Papa - India - Whiskey
 NPIW
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 (2) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippine Liberation Medal (1)
LCI(L)-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, 26 April 1944, at New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber, N.J.
  • Launched, 24 May 1944
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-620, 31 May 1944
  • During World War II USS LCI(L)-620 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Leyte operation
    Leyte landings, 28 to 29 November 1944     		Consolidation and capture of Southern Philippines
    Mindanao Island landings, 10 to 20 March 1945

  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • USS LCI(L)-620 was assigned to Joint Task Force 1, Task Unit 1.2.5 (Target Vessels - Landing Craft Units - LCI Group 7 (LCI GRU 7) for Operation Crossroads the atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll in July 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 13 December 1946
  • USS LCI(L)-620 earned two battle stars for World War II service
  • Final Disposition, after being used as a target for Operations Crossroads at Bikini Atoll LCI(L)-620 was sunk by 5"/38 gunfire (167 rounds) from USS Allen M. Sumner (DD-692), 10 August 1946.
    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
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    LCI(L)-620 216k USS LCI(L)-620 at anchor in Leyte Gulf during December 1944. Danny Hughes for his father, Harris C. Hughes, Jr. EM2/c USS LCI(L)-620
    LCI(L)-620 798k USS LCI(L)-620 Commanding Officer LTjg. William Hawthorne Gregory on the right, and Executive Officer (future Commanding Officer) LTjg. Nick Long on the left, circa 1944-45, probably in the Philippines. Courtesy of Donna Witmyer and Wayne R. Gregory, daughter and son of LTjg. William H. Gregory USS LCI(L)-620
    LCI(L)-620 89k USS LCI(L)-620 crew members, date and location unknown. Danny Hughes for his father, Harris C. Hughes, Jr. EM2/c USS LCI(L)-620
    LCI(L)-620 366k
    LCI(L)-620 283k USS LCI(L)-620 Shellbacks initiate the Pollywogs as the ship crosses the Equator, 28 July 1944. (Harris C. Hughes is the crew member sitting behind the man getting his head shaved.) Danny Hughes for his father, Harris C. Hughes, Jr. EM2/c USS LCI(L)-620
    LCI(L)-620 340k USS LCI(L)-620 crew members with natives Filipinos, Christmas 1944, near Leyte. Danny Hughes for his father, Harris C. Hughes, Jr. EM2/c USS LCI(L)-620
    LCI(L)-620 395k USS LCI(L)-620 crew members gather in front of the ship while in drydock, date and location unknown. Danny Hughes for his father, Harris C. Hughes, Jr. EM2/c USS LCI(L)-620
    LCI(L)-620 324k USS LCI(L)-620 mascot Danny Hughes for his father, Harris C. Hughes, Jr. EM2/c USS LCI(L)-620
    LCI(L)-620 312k Filipinos girls in a canoe alongside USS LCI(L)-620 near Leyte, date unknown. Danny Hughes for his father, Harris C. Hughes, Jr. EM2/c USS LCI(L)-620
    LCI(L)-620 390k USS LCI(L)-620's Engineering Officer, Wallace Wightman, standing near an old Spanish fort in Isabela on Basilan Island, date unknown. Danny Hughes for his father, Harris C. Hughes, Jr. EM2/c USS LCI(L)-620
    LCI(L)-620 253k A couple of USS LCI(L)-620 crew members pose with a local Swedish planter's son while the ship is at Isabela, Basilan Island in the Philippines, date unknown. Danny Hughes for his father, Harris C. Hughes, Jr. EM2/c USS LCI(L)-620
    The history for USS LCI(L)-620 is from USS LCI "Landing Craft Infantry", Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1995. (ISBN 1-56311-262-0)
    Commanding Officers
    01LTjg. Gregory, William Hawthorne31 May 1944 - 6 September 1945
    02LTjg. Long, Nicholas (nmn)6 September 1945 - 23 January 1946
    03LTjg. Potter, Robert Burdette23 January 1946 - 6 March 1946
    04ENS. Hanes, James Henry6 March 1946 - ?
    Courtesy Danny Hughes
    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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