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USS LCI(G)-749
ex
 USS LCI(L)-749 (1944 - 1945)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Quebec - November - Hotel
 NQNH
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 (4) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippine Liberation Medal (2)
LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, 6 March 1944, at Commercial Iron Works, Portland, OR.
  • Launched, 2 April 1944
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-749, 14 April 1944
  • Reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Gunboat) LCI(G)-749 in 1945
  • During World War II USS LCI(L)-749 / LCI(G)-749 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater and participated in the following campaigns;

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Leyte operation
    Leyte landings, 19 to 29 November 1944
    Ormoc Bay landing, 7 and 8 December 1944     		Manila Bay-Bicol operations
    Nasugbu, 31 January 1945
    Luzon operation
    Mindoro landings, 12 to 18 December 1944     		Borneo operations
    Brunei Bay operation, 7 June to 15 July 1945

  • Reverted to Landing Craft Infantry (Large) LCI(L)-749, 10 September 1945
  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • USS LCI(L)-749 / LCI(G)-749 earned four battle stars for World War II service
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 18 February 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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    For Full Size Image    		 Size Image Description Source
    LCI(L)-1061
    1015101604    		 132k USS LCI(L)-1016 USS LCi(L)-749 and USS LCI(L)-747 moored at San Diego CA. between June and August 1944, while assigned to the Training Command Amphibious Forces, Pacific Fleet.
    Frame from a short film called "The LCI (L) Description and Employment" National Archives I.D. 13007, Local ID 80-MN-4308A, Dept. of the Navy. Office of the Chief of Naval Operations. Naval Observatory.    		 David Upton
    LCI(L)-749
    1015074902
    NA ID 80664807    		 256k USS LCI(L)-749 and USS LCI(L)-970 loading troops of the US Army 77th Division, at Rizal, Leyte, Philippine Islands, 7 December 1944, probably for the Ormoc Bay landing operation.
    US National Archives Identifier 80664807 - US Army Signal Corps photo #199457
     and
    US National Archives Identifier 80663229 - US Army Signal Corps photo #364501    		 David Upton
    LCI(L)-749
    1015074903
    NA ID 80663229    		 302k
    LCI(L)-749 494k USS LCI(G)-749 landing Australian troops of the 9th Division on Labuan Island, 10 June 1945
    US Army Signal Corps photo # SC 209753 by Heller, from the collections of the US National Archives    		 Dave Kerr
    The history for LCI(L)-749 / LCI(G)-749 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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    Last Updated 27 October 2023