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USS LCI(L)-402

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Juliet - Golf - Kilo
NJGK

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, 24 December 1943, at George Lawley & Sons Shipbuilding Corp., Neponset, MA.

Launched, 5 January 1944

Commissioned USS LCI(L)-402, 11 January 1944

During World War II USS LCI(L)-402 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LCI Flotilla Thirty-Seven, LCDR. J. P. Moore;
LCI Group One Hundred Nine, LCDR. J. W. Detwiler USNR;
LCI Division Two Hundred Eighteen

Following World War II USS LCI(L)-402 performed occupation duty in the Far East from 16 to 22 October 1945

Decommissioned, date unknown

Struck from the Naval Register in 1946

Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 3 May 1947

Final Disposition, fate unknown

Specifications:
Displacement 246 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 kts; 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 800 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
109k	Bow view USS LCI(L)-402 moored at George Lawley & Sons Shipbuilding Corp., Neponset, MA., early January 1944. Note she is a version 3 LCI with bow doors and no ramps. George Lawley & Sons Shipbuilding Corp. photo # BS58195 now in the collections of the US National Archives.	Jerry Gilmartin AFMM secretary LCI713 restoration crew
112k	Stern view USS LCI(L)-402 moored at George Lawley & Sons Shipbuilding Corp., Neponset, MA., early January 1944. George Lawley & Sons Shipbuilding Corp. photo # BS58196 now in the collections of the US National Archives.	Jerry Gilmartin AFMM secretary LCI713 restoration crew
75k	USS LCI(L)-402 underway, date and location unknown. US National Archive photo	Robert Hurst
79k	USS LCI(L)-402 beached, date and location unknown. US National Archive photo	National Association of USS LCS(L) 1-130
255k	USS LCI(L)-402, left and USS LCI(G)-354, right, beached, date and location unknown. US Navy photo from "Allied Landing Craft of World War Two", Arms and Armour Press.	Robert Hurst

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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