US Marine Corps - The Black Vault

478 Amphibians Came To conquer
LCI DiIJiJiOW 28
LCI(L)-23 Lieutenant Ben A. Thirkfield, USNR
LCI(L)-24 Lieutenant (jg) Raymond E. Ward (12444)
LCI-333 Lieutenant Horace Townsend, USNR
LCI-334 Lieutenant ( jg) Alfred J. Ormston, USNR
LCI-335 Lieutenant (jg) John R. Powers, USNR
LCI-336 Lieutenant (jg) Thomas A. McCoy, USNR
LCI GROUP 1>
Commander LCI Group 15 Commander J. McDonald Smith (1925)
LCI Division 29 LCI Divisiov 30
LCI-222 Ensign Clarence M. Reese, USNR
LCI-223 Lieutenant Frank P. Stone, USNR
LCT Flotilla Five
Lieutenant Edgar Jaeger, USN
LCT Groups 13, 14, 15
LCT GROUP 13
Commander of LCT Group 13 Lieutenant Ashton L. Jones, USNR
LCT Divi.rion 25
Lieutenant A. L. Jones, USNR
LCT Division 26
Lieutenant ( jg) AmeeI Z. Kouri, USNR
LCT GROUP 14
Commander of LCT Group 14 Lieutenant Decatur Jones, USNR
LCT Divi.rion 27
Lieutenant Decatur Jones, USNR
LCT Division 28
Lieutenant ( jg) Thomas B. Willard, USNR
LCT GROUP 1>
Commander of LCT Group 15 Lieutenant Laurence C. Lisle, USNR
LCT DiviJion 29
Lieutenant Laurence C. Lisle, USNR
LCT Division 30
Lieutenant (jg) Frank M. Wiseman, USNR
LCT Flotilja Six
LCT Groups 16, 17, 18
By counting on one’s fingers, it is obvious that among the large work horses
of PHIBFORSOPAC there were now 18 ships (11 APAs and 7 AKAs)
against 19 ships (14 APAs and 5 AKAs ) six months earlier. However, there
were 11 destroyer transports versus four at the earlier date and a definite
promise of 127 landing ships and craft versus none at the earlier date.
Eventually, it was planned that the Landing Craft Flotillas, SOPAC, would
include 127 large landing ships and craft, i.e. 37 LSTS, 36 LCIS, and 54