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USS LCI(G)-730
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 USS LCI(L)-730 (1943 - 1944)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Whiskey - Oscar - Echo
 NWOE
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal
LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, 10 December 1943, at Commercial Iron Works, Portland, OR.
  • Launched, 16 January 1944
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-730, 26 January 1944, LT. W. M. Welsh, USNR, in command (May 1945)
  • Reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Gunboat) LCI(G)-730, 15 June 1944
  • During World War II USS LCI(L)-730 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaign:
    (1944) LCI Flotilla Three
    (1945) LCI Flotilla Six, CDR. A.R. Montgomery USN;
     LCI Group Eighteen, LCDR. E.L. Yates;
     LCI Division Thirty-Five (May 1945) and participated in the following campaign;
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Western Caroline Islands operation
    Capture and occupation of southern Palau Islands, 6 September to 14 October 1944

  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 17 April 1946
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 8 March 1948
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • USS LCI(G)-730 earned one battle star for World War II service
    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
    LCI(L) Complement
    4 Officers
    24 Enlisted
    LCI(G) Complement
    5 Officers
    65 Enlisted
    LCI(L) Troop Capacity
    6 Officers
    182 Enlisted
    LCI(L) 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
    LCI(L) 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
    LCI(G) Armament
    two 40mm AA gun mounts
    four 20mm AA gun mounts
    six .50cal machine guns
    ten MK7 rocket launchers
    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)-728 190k USS LCI(G)-730 moored near Koror, Malakal Harbor, Palau Islands, date unknown. Note the Japanese standing on shore while surrendering to the crew of LCI(G)-730. Robert Morrissey
    The history for LCI(L)-730 / LCI(G)-730 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
    History submitted by Robert Morrissey
    USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association
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