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USS LCI(M)-739
ex
 USS LCI(G)-739 (1944 - 1945)
 USS LCI(L)-739 (1944)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Quebec - Kilo - Hotel
 NQKH
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive-Iwo Jima)
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3) - World War II Victory Medal

LCI(M)-739 was transferred to Thailand and named HTMS Sattakut (LCI-742)
LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, 30 January 1944 at Commercial Iron Works, Portland, OR.
  • Launched, 27 February 1944
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-739, 6 March 1944, LTjg. C. W. Rhodes USNR in command (May 1945)
  • Reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Gunboat) LCI(G)-739, 31 December 1944
  • Reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Mortar) LCI(M)-739, 30 April 1945
  • During World War II USS LCI(L)(G)(M)-739 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LCI Flotilla Fourteen, CAPT. T.W. Rimer;
     LCI Group Forty (flagship), LCDR. H. Brown;
     LCI Division Seventy-Nine and participated in the following campaigns:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Western Caroline Islands operation
    Capture and occupation of southern Palau Islands, 6 September to 14 October 1944     		Okinawa Gunto operation (as LCI(G)-739 and LCI(M)-739)
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 26 March to 14 June 1945
    Iwo Jima operation (as LCI(G)-739)
    Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, 19 February to 3 March 1945     		 
  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • USS LCI(L)(G)(M)-739 earned three battle stars for World War II service
  • Transferred to the State Department, 10 May 1947
  • Transferred by the State Department to Thailand, date unknown
  • Commissioned into the Royal Thai Navy as HTMS Sattakut (LCI-742), date unknown
  • Decommissioned by the Royal Thai Navy in 2007
  • Final Disposition, sunk, 18 June 2011, as part of an artificial reef off the coast of the island of Koh Tao, Thailand
    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(M) Complement
    4 Officers
    49 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 guns
    four 20mm guns
    six .50cal machine guns
    10 MK7 rocket launchers
    LCI(M) Armament
    one single 40mm gun, forward
    four 20mm guns
    three 4.2" chemical mortars mounted in three 4ft x 4ft wooden walled 2" x 6" high sand boxes on the well deck with the three tripod mortar tubes in position to fire forward over the bow, No. 2 Troop Compartment (under well deck) converted to a magazine
    Fuel Capacity
    Diesel 869 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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    USS LCI(M)-739
    Shoshone 90k USS Shoshone (AKA-65) at right off Iwo Jima during the landings there, February 1945. At left is USS LST-713, with USS LCI(G)-739 alongside.
    US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 105030. Collection of Robert B. Campbell. Courtesy of his family, 2007.    		 US Naval History and Heritage Command
    Shoshone 74k USS Shoshone (AKA-65) at right off Iwo Jima during the landings there, February 1945. USS LST-785 is in the extreme left. USS LST-713, with USS LCI(G)-739 alongside, is in the left center,
    US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # NH 105030. Collection of Robert B. Campbell. Courtesy of his family, 2007.    		 US Naval History and Heritage Command
    HTMS Sattakut (LCI-742)
    LCI(L)-739 46k Ex-LCI(G)-739 in Royal Thai naval service as HTMS Sattakut (LCI-742) underway, date and location unknown. Robert Hurst
    LCI(L)-739 129k HTMS Sattakut (LCI-742) moored pierside at the Royal Thai Navy Dock Yard Phachunlachomklao, 8 January 2006. Photo by Nye Nava
    LCI(L)-739 133k HTMS Sattakut (LCI-742) (outboard) and HTMS Nakha (LSSL-751) [ex-LSSL-102] (inboard) moored pierside at the Royal Thai Navy Dock Yard Phachunlachomklao, 14 January 2006. Photo by Nye Nava
    LCI(L)-670 214k Decommissioned Royal Thai Navy LCIs Sattakut (LCI-742) (outboard) and HTMS Prap (LCI-741) [ex-LCI(G)-670)] (inboard) moored pierside at the Royal Thai Navy Dock Yard Phachunlachomklao, 12 January 2008. Photo by Nye Nava
    LCI(L)-739 170k HTMS Sattakut (LCI-742) under tow, date and location unknown. David Sangster
    The history for USS LCI(L)-739 / LCI(G)-739 / LCI(M)-739 is from USS LCI "Landing Craft Infantry", Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1995. (ISBN 1-56311-262-0)
    Commanding Officers
    01LTjg. Rhodes, C. W., USNR6 March 1944 - ?
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    Western Caroline Islands Attack Landing Order
    Beach White Peleliu - CTF 32 Operation Plan A501-44 Appendix 4 to Annex "D"
    USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association
    CSI Samui - dive site featuring ex-HTMS Sattakut
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