Coast Guard photo from the Allison collection, MacArthur Museum of Arkansas Military History.
LCIs including several of the USCG’s LCI Flotilla Four massed at Bizerte, Tunisia, 6 July 1943 while loading troops for the invasion of Sicily. The shallow-draft 158-footers could carry a reinforced company to the surf line, capable of beaching their bows in water just 32 inches deep. US Army Signal Corps photo # 176486, now in the collections of the National Archives.
“The Coast Guard-manned landing craft LCI(L)-85 approached the beach at 12 knots. Her crew winced as they heard repeated thuds against the vessel’s hull made by the wooden stakes covering the beach like a crazy, tilted, man-made forest… The Coast Guard LCI(L)-85, battered by enemy fire after approaching Omaha Beach, prepares to evacuate the troops she was transporting to an awaiting transport. The “85” sank shortly after this photograph was taken. The LCI(L)-85 was one of four Coast Guard LCIs that were destroyed on D-Day.”
USS LST-831 is seen approaching the beachhead at Okinawa on D-Day, 1 April 1945. (Note: the unauthorized letters “USCG” are stenciled on her inner hull above the main ramp. US Coast Guard photo from the collections of the Office of the US Coast Guard Historian.
| LST GROUP 85 | ||
|---|---|---|
| ComLSTGrp 85 | Comdr. W. B. Millington (USCG) | |
| LST DIVISION 169 (3) | ||
| LST 758 | Lt. F. J. Molenda (USCG) | |
| LST 759 | Lt. J. A. Baybutt (USCGR) | |
| LST 760 (FF) | Lt. R. T. A. McKenzie (USCG) | |
| LST 782 (GF) | Lt. H. C. Slack (USCGR) | |
| LST 784 | Lt. D. H. Miner (USCG) | |
| LST 786 | Lt. E. T. Ringler (USCG) | |
| LST DIVISION 170 | ||
| LST 761 | Lt. C. N. Huff (USCGR) | |
| LST 763 | ||
| LST 764 | Lt. R. F. Nichols (USCG) | |
| LST 785 | ||
| LST 787 | Lt. W. S. Lawrence (USCGR) | |
| LST 789 (GF) | Lt. H. M. Mulvey (USCG) | |
| LST GROUP 86 | ||
|---|---|---|
| ComLSTGrp 86 | Comdr. S. R. Sands (USCG) | |
| LST DIVISION 171 | ||
| LST 762 | ………. | |
| LST 765 | Lt. J. G. Coffin (USCG) | |
| LST 766 | Lt. L. W. Newton (USCGR) | |
| LST 767 | Lt. R. B. Seidman (USCG) | |
| LST 788 | ………. | |
| LST 790 | ………. | |
| LST DIVISION 172 | ||
| LST 768 | ………. | |
| LST 769 | ………. | |
| LST 791 | ………. | |
| LST 792 | ………. | |
| LST 793 | Lt. G. A. Miller (USCG) | |
| LST 795 | Lt. M. H. Jackson (USCG) | |
| LST GROUP 87 (3) (1) | ||
| ComLSTGrp 87 | Comdr. E. Anderson (USCG) | |
| LST DIVISION 173 | ||
| LST 770 (GF) | ………. | |
| LST 771 | ………. | |
| LST 794 | ………. | |
| LST 796 | ………. | |
| LST 829 | ………. | |
| LST 885 | ………. | |
| LST DIVISION 174 | ||
| LST 830 | Lt. G. Rowe (USCG) | |
| LST 831 | Lt. R. T. Leary (USCG) | |
| LST 832 | Lt. W. H. Young (USCG) | |
| LST 884 | ………. | |
| LST 886 | ………. | |
| LST 887 | Lt. L. O. Chandler (USCG) | |