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USS LCI(G)-744
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 USS LCI(L)-744 (1944)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Quebec - Mike - Hotel
 NQMH
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (4)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation Medal (2)
LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, 19 February 1944, at Commercial Iron Works, Portland, OR.
  • Launched, 13 March 1944
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-744, 25 March 1944
  • Reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Gunboat) LCI(G)-744, date unknown
  • During World War II USS LCI(L)-744 / LCI(G)-744 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaigns and Dates Campaigns and Dates
    Western New Guinea operations
    Morotai landings, 15 September 1944    		 Luzon operations
    Lingayen Gulf landings, 4 to 18 January 1945
    Leyte operations
    Leyte landings, 19 to 29 November 1944
    Ormoc Bay landing, 12 and 13 December 1944    		 Borneo operation
    Brunei Bay Operation, 7 June to 15 July 1945

  • Reverted to Landing Craft Infantry (Large) LCI(L)-744, 10 September 1945
  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • USS LCI(L)-744 / LCI(G)-744 earned four battle stars for World War II service
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 26 March 1948
  • 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
    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 gun mounts, 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 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-744 79k USS LCI(G)-744 landing Australian troops in Borneo during the Lubuan Island - Brunei Operation, 10 June 1945
    US Navy photo from the USS LCI National Association's 2006 calendar.    		 Ardie Hunt
    LCI-744
    1015074402    		 90k Americans and Australians cooperate in making a surprise landing in Borneo during the Lubuan Island - Brunei Operation, 10 June 1945.
    US Navy photo # 259714 (Colorized version of above photo)    		 Chin Yu Chu
    LCI-744
    1015074403    		 144k USS LCI(G)-744 landing the Australian 24th Brigade on Labuan Island, 10 June 1944.
    Photo from www.picryl.com by www.wikimedia.org    		 John Spivey
    The history for USS LCI(L)-744 / LCI(G)-744 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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