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USS LCI(L)-691

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Papa - Xray - November
NPXN

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 Medal (with Asia clasp)

LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):

Laid down, 20 May 1944, at George Lawley & Sons Shipbuilding Corp., Neponset, MA.

Launched, 27 May 1944

Commissioned as USS LCI(L)-691, 3 June 1944

During World War II LCI(L)-691 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LCI Flotilla Thirty-Seven, LCDR. J. P. Moore;
LCI Group One Hundred Nine, LCDR. J. W. Detwiler USNR;
LCI Division Two Hundred Seventeen

Following World War II USS LCI(L)-691 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal
18 to 22 October 1945
18 to 25 December 1945

Decommissioned in March 1946

Laid up in the Pacific Reserve Fleet, Columbia River Group

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

Sold, date unknown, named Lempira, reflagged Honduras

Sold, in 1962, renamed Skate, reflagged United States, homeport, Houma, LA.

Registered in 1965 as the fishing boat Tangpahoa, homeport, Wilmington, DE.

Registered in 1975 homeport, Morgan City, LA.

Final Disposition, 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 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 800 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

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
1015069114	141k	USS LCI(L)-691 underway in Boston Harbor, 6 June 1944, three days after commissioning. Photo from www.flickr.com by National Museum of the U.S. Navy	John Spivey
	123k	USS LCI(L)-691 forecastle, ramp in horizontal stow position, looking forward, 6 June 1944. George Lawley & Sons Shipbuilding Corp. photo now in the collections of the US National Archives	Jerry Gilmartin AFMM secretary LCI713 restoration crew
	63k	USS LCI(L)-691 beached with ramp in horizontal position, supported by W.T. door, 6 June 1944. George Lawley & Sons Shipbuilding Corp. photo now in the collections of the US National Archives	Jerry Gilmartin AFMM secretary LCI713 restoration crew
	89k	Looking forward from forecastle of USS LCI(L)-691 beached with ramp down, 6 June 1944. George Lawley & Sons Shipbuilding Corp. photo now in the collections of the US National Archives	Jerry Gilmartin AFMM secretary LCI713 restoration crew
	83k	USS LCI(L)-691 beached with ramp down, port view, 6 June 1944. George Lawley & Sons Shipbuilding Corp. photo now in the collections of the US National Archives	Jerry Gilmartin AFMM secretary LCI713 restoration crew
	76k	USS LCI(L)-691 beached with ramp down, starboard view, 6 June 1944. George Lawley & Sons Shipbuilding Corp. photo now in the collections of the US National Archives	Jerry Gilmartin AFMM secretary LCI713 restoration crew
	105k	USS LCI(L)-691 forecastle, port side looking aft, 6 June 1944. George Lawley & Sons Shipbuilding Corp. photo now in the collections of the US National Archives	Jerry Gilmartin AFMM secretary LCI713 restoration crew
	123k	USS LCI(L)-691 forecastle, starboard side looking aft, 6 June 1944. George Lawley & Sons Shipbuilding Corp. photo now in the collections of the US National Archives	Jerry Gilmartin AFMM secretary LCI713 restoration crew
	118k	USS LCI(L)-691 forecastle, starboard side looking forward, 6 June 1944. George Lawley & Sons Shipbuilding Corp. photo now in the collections of the US National Archives	Jerry Gilmartin AFMM secretary LCI713 restoration crew
	115k	USS LCI(L)-691 forecastle, port side looking forward, 6 June 1944. George Lawley & Sons Shipbuilding Corp. photo now in the collections of the US National Archives	Jerry Gilmartin AFMM secretary LCI713 restoration crew
	86k	USS LCI(L)-691 forecastle, main deck looking forward, 6 June 1944. George Lawley & Sons Shipbuilding Corp. photo now in the collections of the US National Archives	Jerry Gilmartin AFMM secretary LCI713 restoration crew
	89k	USS LCI(L)-691 forecastle from the bridge, 6 June 1944. George Lawley & Sons Shipbuilding Corp. photo now in the collections of the US National Archives	Jerry Gilmartin AFMM secretary LCI713 restoration crew
	164k	USS LCI(L)-691 underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo from "Allied Landing Craft of World War Two", published by Arms and Armour Press.	Robert Hurst