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USS LCI(L)-334

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Juliet - Romeo - Uniform
NJRU

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - combat Action Ribbon - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (4)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippine Liberation Medal (1)

LCI-1 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):

Laid down, 27 June 1942, at Brown Ship Building Co., Houston, TX.

Launched, 3 October 1942

Commissioned USS LCI(L)-334, 24 November 1942

During World War II USS LCI(L)-334 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LCI Flotilla Five (1943-44);
LCI Flotilla Twenty Two (1944-45), CDR. McD Smith (1944) and CDR. Marion M. Byrd (1944-45) and participated in the following campaigns:

Campaigns and Dates	Campaigns and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
New Georgia Group operations New Georgia-Rendova-Vangunu occupation, 30 June and 4 July 1943 Vella Lavella occupation, 15 August 1943	Western New Guinea operations Morotai landings, 15 September 1944
Treasury Island-Bougainville operation Treasury Island landing, 27 October 1943 and 6 November 1943	Luzon operation Lingayen Gulf landing, 9 to 18 January 1945

Following World War II, USS LCI(L)-334 was assigned to Commander Philippine Sea Frontier

Decommissioned, date unknown

Struck from the Naval Register, 12 April 1946

USS LCI(L)-334 earned four battle stars for World War II service

Final Disposition, sold 4 December 1946, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 236 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 knots; and 110 tons of fuel

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

Diesel 860 Bbls

lube oil 200 gal

Propulsion

two sets of 4 General Motors 6051 series 71 Diesel engines, 4 per shaft

single General Motors Main reduction gears

two Diesel-drive 30Kw 120V D.C. Ship's Service Generators

twin variable pitch propellers, 2,320shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
1015033304	133k	LT. COL. Lester E. Brown, commander of *2nd Battalion, 103rd Infantry, gives last minute instructions to his officers before boarding USS LCI(L)-334* and USS LCI(L)-333, in the Russell Islands, June 1943. The troops in camouflage were about to be transported to Rendova Island. Photo from USS LCI National Association's newsletter, the "Elsie Item", March 2020 issue	Ardie Hunt
1015032706	23,000k	US troops stream ashore from USS LCI(L)-327, USS LCI(L)-334, USS LCI(L)-330, USS LCI(L)-335, USS LCI(L)-328 and USS LCI(L)-336, between 30 June and 4 July 1943, to occupy Rendova Island in the drive by Marine and Army units which led to the capture of the Japanese air base at Munda Point. Rendova was then converted into an advanced base for further operations against Japanese strongholds in the Southwest Pacific. US National Archives Identifier 74250311 US Marine Corps photo Hdqtrs. No. 58041. June 30 - July 4 1943. National Archives ID 74250311.	David Upton
	833k	Rendova Beachhead, 4 July 1943. LCIs from left to right; unknown; USS LCI(L)-329 USS LCI(L)-334, USS LCI(L)-330, USS LCI(L)-335, USS LCI(L)-328 and USS LCI(L)-336 NARA photo # 18-N-52690 a US Navy photo now in the US National Archives collection.	Robert Morrissey, courtesy Dennis Blocker LCI National Association Historian
	903k	Rendova Beachhead, 4 July 1943. LCIs from left to right; USS LCI(L)-329, USS LCI(L)-334, USS LCI(L)-335 and USS LCI(L)-336 NARA photo # 18-N-52633 a US Navy photo now in the US National Archives collection.	Robert Morrissey, courtesy Dennis Blocker LCI National Association Historian
	285k	Rendova Beachhead, 30 June 1943. In the foreground two LCVPs from *USS McCawley* (APA-4)** USS LST-397 USS LCI(L)-336 USS LCI(L)-334 and USS LCI(L)-329 NARA photo # 18-N-52630 a US Navy photo now in the US National Archives collection.	Robert Morrissey, courtesy Dennis Blocker LCI National Association Historian
	302k	USS LCI(L)-334 underway, date and location unknown. US Navy photo from "Allied Landing Craft of World War Two", Arms and Armour Press.	Robert Hurst
1015033404	61k	USS LCI(L)-334 boarding Seabees at Guadalcanal, 13 September 1943, for the trip to Ondonga, New Georgia.	Zach Morris Associate Member and Editor, LST Scuttlebutt Magazine U.S. Landing Ship Tank Association
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	514k	USS LCI(L)-24, USS LCI(L)-222, USS LCI(L)-334 and USS LST-485 load New Zealand troops of the 3rd Division Brigade, 25 October 1943, for a landing at Mono Island in the Treasury Island Group.	Jerry Gilmartin MMC(SW) USN Ret. Secretary AFMM LCI 713, Curator PT-658 Save the PT Boat Inc, courtesy Dennis Blocker LCI National Association Historian
	129k	USS LCI(L)-334 off Mono Island under Japanese gunfire while preparing to beach on the island, the largest of the Treasury Islands, 27 October 1943. Photos were taken from USS LCI(L)-330.	Jerry Gilmartin MMC(SW) USN Ret. Secretary AFMM LCI 713, Curator PT-658 Save the PT Boat Inc, courtesy Dennis Blocker LCI National Association Historian US Naval History and Heritage Command photo, contributed by Mike Green
1015033403	130k