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USS LC(FF)-424
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 USS LCI(L)-424 (1943 - 1944)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Kilo - India - Whiskey
 NKIW
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 Medal (with Asia clasp)
LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, 27 March 1943, at New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber, N.J.
  • Launched, 19 May 1943
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-424, 17 June 1943, LTjg. R. R. Post USNR in command (May 1945)
  • USS LCI(L)-424 was redesignated Landing Craft (Flotilla Flagship) USS LC(FF)-424, 31 December 1944
  • During World War II USS LCI(L)-424 / LC(FF)-424 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LC(FF) Flotilla Twenty-Thee, LCDR. R. H. Brazeal;
     LC(FF) Group Sixty-Seven;
     LC(FF) Division One Hundred Thirty-Four
  • Following World War II USS LC(FF)-424 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 3 February to 1 April 1946
  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register in 1946
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 7 April 1948
  • 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 130 tons, lube oil 200 gal.
    Propulsion
    two sets of 4 GM Diesels, 4 per shaft, BHP 1,600
    twin variable pitch propellers
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    LCI(L)-424 111k USS LC(FF)-424 in the well deck of a Royal Navy LSD (Note the white ensign at the port stern) in November of 1943. The LSD is either HMS Eastway (F-130) or HMS Highway (F-140)
    Sources: (1015042401) NARA II, Record Group 19-LCM, (101542402) Bureau of Ships Journal dated Sep. 1953.    		 Tracy White and James Swank
    LCI(L)-424 131k
    The history for LCI(L)-424 / LC(FF)-424 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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