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USS LCI(L)-361

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Hotel - Yankee - India
NHYI

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

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

LCI(L)-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):

Laid down, 11 June 1943, at George Lawley & Sons Shipbuilding Corp., Neponset, MA.

Launched, 9 July 1943

Commissioned USS LCI(L)-361, 23 July 1943

During World War II USS LCI(L)-361 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Eastern New Guinea operation Saidor occupation, 25 to 27 February 1944	Western New Guinea operation Biak Island operation, 27 to 28 May 1944 Morotai landings, 15 September 1944
Hollandia operation 21 to 25 April 1944	Leyte operation Leyte landings, 12 October to 29 November 1944

Decommissioned, date unknown

Struck from the Naval Register, 28 March 1946

USS LCI(L)-361 earned four battle stars for WWII service

Final Disposition, sold in 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

Size	Image Description	Source
704k	USS LCI(L)-361 conning tower, July 1943, George Lawley & Sons Shipbuilding Corp., Neponset, MA.	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
30k	USS LCI(L)-361 off the coast of Aitape, New Guinea, circa 10 September 1944.	Joseph P. Lucey MoMM 1/c USS LCI(L)-361
745k	USS LCI(L)-361 and USS LCI(L)-30 along with other LCIs putting troops ashore in New Guinea, date and location unknown. US Army Signal Corps photos # SIG C 213-18.	Dave Kerr
79k	Army troops wade ashore in the Philippines from USS LCI(L)-361, circa February to May 1945. Photo by LTjg. Clarke Goode.	Jill Wall for her father LTjg Clarke Brooke, USS LCI(L)-361
54k	USS LCI(L)-361 moored in the Philippines, date unknown.	Jill Wall for her father LTjg Clarke Brooke, USS LCI(L)-361

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
Photo Archive of LTjg Clarke Brooke, USS LCI(L)-361, contributed by his Daughter Jill Wall
Task Group 70.4 Summary Report located at Navsource

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