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Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns |
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Okinawa Gunto operation
Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 26 March to 30 June 1945 |
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195k | Overhead view of USS LCI(L)-1078 pierside at San Francisco Navy Yard , 29 December 1944, after completing her conversion to a rocket-firing support craft. The Mk 7 rocket launchers, which fired 4.5" rockets, are the frames visible at the break of her forecastle and abaft her forward 20 mm mounts. A fifth is visible on her port side, just forward of the after 20mm gun tub. These launchers could elevate between 25 and 40 degrees; maximum range was 1,100 yds. The frame above the launching rail held rounds ready to fire; it was fed by hand. Text and US Navy photo from "U.S. Amphibious Ships and Craft: An Illustrated Design History" by Norman Friedman. |
Robert Hurst | ||
68k | USS LCI(L)-1078, newly converted, but not yet redesignated, LCI(R)-1078 off San Francisco, 29 December 1944. Her Mk 7 launchers are barely visible. Note that the one just abaft the forward 20 mm gun has been raised to fire over it. The ship has no radar at all, just a "ski-pole" IFF transponder at her masthead Photo and text and US Navy photo from "U.S. Amphibious Ships and Craft: An Illustrated Design History" by Norman Friedman. |
Robert Hurst and Robert Morrissey |
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98k | Chart of all LCI(R) rocket targets which bombarded the North and South flanks of the main amphibious landing on L-Day of Operation Iceberg, the invasion of Okinawa.
These LCI(R)s belonged to Flotilla SIXTEEN (CDR C.E. Coffin, Jr), referred to as Task Group 52.20, and comprised of 6 Task Groups, each in turn comprised of 6 LCI(R)s
(for 36 LCIR)s total):
South Flank: 52.20.1 - USS LCI(R)-642, USS LCI(R)-650, USS LCI(R)-707, USS LCI(R)-771, USS LCI(R)-772, USS LCI(R)-1077; 52.20.2 - USS LCI(R)-651, USS LCI(R)-708, USS LCI(R)-1028, USS LCI(R)-1029, USS LCI(R)-1030, USS LCI(R)-1078; In Reserve: 52.20.3 - USS LCI(R)-643, USS LCI(R)-644, USS LCI(R)-645, USS LCI(R)-646, USS LCI(R)-769, USS LCI(R)-770. North Flank: 52.20.4 - USS LCI(R)-647, USS LCI(R)-648, USS LCI(R)-649, USS LCI(R)-762, USS LCI(R)-763, USS LCI(R)-764; 52.20.5 - USS LCI(R)-785, USS LCI(R)-1024, USS LCI(R)-1026, USS LCI(R)-1068, USS LCI(R)-1069, USS LCI(R)-1070; 52.20.6 - USS LCI(R)-704, USS LCI(R)-705, USS LCI(R)-706, USS LCI(R)-765, USS LCI(R)-766, USS LCI(R)-767; |
LCDR. Gary Frogner, USN Ret. for his father ENS. Louis Frogner, USNR Engineering Officer LCI(R)-1024 |
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