USS LCI-90

	USS LCI(L)-90
History
United States
Name	USS LCI(L)-90; USS LCI(G)-90;
Builder	Consolidated Steel Shipyard, Orange, Texas
Laid down	October 1942
Launched	December 1942
Commissioned	6 February 1943
Decommissioned	8 April 1946
Stricken	Unknown
Fate	Sold for scrap, 13 November 1947
General characteristics
Class & type	Landing Craft Infantry
Displacement	216 t.(light), 234 t.(landing), 389 t.(loaded)
Length	158 ft 5.5 in (48.298 m)
Beam	23 ft 3 in (7.09 m)
Draft	Light, 3 ft 1.5 in (0.953 m) mean; Landing, 2 ft 8 in (0.81 m) fwd, 4 ft 10 in (1.47 m) aft; Loaded, 5 ft 4 in (1.63 m) fwd, 5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) aft;
Propulsion	2 sets of 4 General Motors diesels, 4 per shaft, BHP 1,600, twin variable pitch propellers
Speed	16 knots (30 km/h) (max.); 14 knots (26 km/h) maximum continuous;
Endurance	4,000 miles at 12 knots, loaded, 500 miles at 15 knots; and 110 tons of fuel
Capacity	75 tons cargo
Troops	6 Officers, 182 Enlisted
Complement	3 officers, 21 enlisted
Armament	4 × 20 mm AA guns; 2 × .50" machine guns;
Armor	2" plastic splinter protection on gun turrets, conning tower, and pilot house

USS LCI(L)-90 was an amphibious assault ship manned by a United States Coast Guard crew.^[1] She was commissioned in 1943 and was used to land troops in the landings on French North Africa, Sicily and Anzio in 1943, and at Omaha Beach during the Invasion of Normandy in 1944. She participated in the invasion of Okinawa, where she was attacked by a Japanese kamikaze fighter.^[2]^[3] Her two commanding officers were both Lieutenant junior grade, of the Coast Guard.^[3] William Trump a seaman who volunteered to go ashore before the troops, at Omaha Beach, and lay out a cable through a safe path to shore, was awarded a Silver Star.^[1] According to a soldier who landed from LCI-90 during the Invasion of Normandy, the vessel's doors were damaged by enemy fire.^[4] During the Invasion of Okinawa LCI-90 was damaged by a kamikaze, after she had landed her soldiers, and one seaman was killed.^[3]