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USS LCI(L)-692


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Papa - Xray - Romeo
NPXR
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (19 to 29 February 1945) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia clasp)
LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, 23 May 1944, at George Lawley & Sons, Neponset, MA.
  • Launched, 29 May 1944
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-692, 6 June 1944
  • During World War II LCI(L)-692 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 and participated in the following campaigns:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Iwo Jima operation
    Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, 19 to 29 February 1945
  • Following World War II LCI(L)-692 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 15 to 22 October 1945
  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • USS LCI(L)-692 earned one battle star during World War II
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 29 September 1947
  • 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
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    LCI(L)-692
    1015069201     		222k USS LCI(L)-692 preparing to beach at Iwo Jima, D-Day, 19 February 1945. On the far right of the photo LCT(6)-1029 appears to have broached on the beach (Bow only visible)
    US Navy photo by US Navy photographer Wallace Page    		 Dave Way, Historian / Artifact Collections,
    Pacific Battleship Center |
    National Museum of the Surface Navy at the Battleship IOWA
    The history for LCI(L)-692 is from USS LCI "Landing Craft Infantry", Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1995. (ISBN 1-56311-262-0)
    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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