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USS LCI(L)-552

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Foxtrot - Uniform - Echo
NFUE

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (2)
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):

Laid down, 13 January 1944, at New Jersey Ship Building Corp., Barber, N.J.

Launched, 8 February 1944

Commissioned USS LCI(L)-552, 14 February 1944

During World War II USS LCI(L)-552 was assigned to the both the Europe-Africa-Middle East and the Asiatic-Pacific Theaters participated in the following campaigns:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaigns
Invasion of Normandy, 6 to 25 June 1944	Invasion of Southern France, 15 August to 10 September 1944

While assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater USS LCI(L)-552 came under the command of:
LCI Flotilla Thirty-Seven, LCDR. J. P. Moore;
LCI Group One Hundred Nine, LCDR. J. W. Detwiler USNR;
LCI Division Two Hundred Eighteen

USS LCI(L)-552 was assigned to Occupation Service in the Far East from 18 to 22 October 1945

Decommissioned, date unknown

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

USS LCI(L)-552 earned two battle stars for World War II service

Final Disposition, transferred to the Maritime Commission, 19 March 1947, for disposal

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

Complement

4 Officers

24 Enlisted

Troop Capacity

6 Officers

182 Enlisted

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

Fuel Capacity

130 tons Diesel

200 gal. lube oil

Propulsion

two sets of 4 GM Diesels, 4 per shaft, BHP 1,600

twin variable pitch propellers

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Contributed By
1015055202	164k	USS LCI(L)-552 landing troops during the Invasion of Sourthern France, circa August-September 1944. LSelect images from a short film titled "Invasion of Southern France" US National Archives Identifier NAID: 24198; Local ID: 111-ADC-10436..		David Upton
	1583k	USS LCI(L)-552 and *LCI(L)-522* landing troops of the US Army 45th Division during the Invasion of Southern France, near Ste. Maxime, on "D-Day" 15 August 1944. US Army Signal Corps photo # SC-193146.		James Morse for his father, David G. Morse, Jr. Lt. USNR, USS LCI(L)-552) and David Kerr

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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