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USS LC(FF)-369
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 USS LCI(L)-369 (1943 - 1944)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - India - Hotel - November
 NIHN
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, 9 August 1943, at George Lawley & Sons, Neponset, MA.
  • Launched, 27 August 1943
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-369, 31 August 1943, LTjg. J. A. Edwards USNR in command (May 1945)
  • Reclassified Landing Craft (Flotilla Flagship) LC(FF)-369, 31 December 1944
  • During World War II USS LCI(L)-369 / LC(FF)-369 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LC(FF) Flotilla Twenty-Three, LCDR. R. H. Brazeal;
    LC(FF) Group Sixty-Seven;
    LC(FF) Div One Hundred Thirty-Three
  • Following World War II USS LC(FF)-369 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East for the following periods:

    Navy Occupation Service Medal
    12 to 13 September 1945
    16 to 27 October 1945

  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 12 March 1946
  • Final Disposition, sold, 10 October 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
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    LC(FF)-369 36k USS LCI(L)-369 drydocked, November 1943, location unknown. Photos courtesy Roland E. Galyean for his father Roland E. Galyean USS LCI(L)-369
    LC(FF)-369 31k USS LCI(L)-369 conning tower. Photos courtesy Roland E. Galyean for his father Roland E. Galyean USS LCI(L)-369
    USS LC(FF)-369
    LC(FF)-369 31k USS LC(FF)-369 beached, date and location unknown. Photos courtesy Roland E. Galyean for his father Roland E. Galyean USS LCI(L)-369
    LC(FF)-369 27k USS LC(FF)-369 beached, date and location unknown. Photos courtesy Roland E. Galyean for his father Roland E. Galyean USS LCI(L)-369
    LC(FF)-369 25k USS LC(FF)-369 beached, date and location unknown. Photos courtesy Roland E. Galyean for his father Roland E. Galyean USS LCI(L)-369
    LC(FF)-369 49k USS LC(FF)-369 crew member being award a medal by unknown officer.
    Cecil Cone is in the back row, third from right.
    Photos courtesy Jim Griffin to honor his wife, Suzanne Evans Griffin's, grandfather Cecil Cone USS LCI(L)-369    		 Robert Morrissey
    The history for LCI(L)-369 / LC(FF)-369 is from USS LCI "Landing Craft Infantry", Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1995. (ISBN 1-56311-262-0)
    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
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