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USS LCI(L)-678


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Papa - Uniform - India
 NPUI
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from left to right, 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)
LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, 13 April 1944, at George Lawley & Sons, Neponset, MA.
  • Launched, 21 April 1944
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-678, 28 April 1944, LT. W. C. Anderson USNR in command
  • During World War II USS LCI(L)-678 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LCI Flotilla Thirteen CDR. W.B. Brown USN (33);
    LCI Group Thirty-Seven, LCDR. P. W. Howard;
    LCI Division Seventy-Three
  • Following World War II USS LCI(L)-678 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 12 September 1945 to 8 February 1946
  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 12 March 1946
  • Final Disposition, destroyed, 13 February 1946
    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
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    LCI(L)-678 41k USS LCI(L)-678 grounded at Okinawa following Typhoon Louise, October 1945.
    US Navy photo    		 Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret
    LCI(L)-678 168k USS LCI(L)-678 grounded at Okinawa following Typhoon Louise, October 1945. Photo was taken by a USS Typhon (ARL-28) crewman. Brian Miller
    LCI(R)-771 982k USS LCI(R)-771, USS LCI(G)-470 and USS LCI(L)-678 grounded at Buckner Bay, Okinawa after Typhoon "Louise" 9-10 October 1945. Donn Cuson
    The history for LCI(L)-678 is from USS LCI "Landing Craft Infantry", Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1995. (ISBN 1-56311-262-0)
    B>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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