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USS LCI(L)-429


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Kilo - Lima - Echo
 NKLE
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - China Service Medal (extended)
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (5) - World War II Victory Medal
Third Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation Medal (2)
LCI(L)-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, 6 April 1943, at New Jersey Ship Building Corp., Barber, N.J.
  • Launched, 16 June 1943
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-429, 10 July 1943
  • During World War II USS LCI(L)-429 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Eastern New Guinea operation
    Saidor occupation, 25 to 27 February 1944     		Leyte operation
    Leyte landings, 12 October to 29 November 1944
    Hollandia operation
    21 to 25 April 1944     		Manila Bay-Birol operation
    Nasugbu, 31 January 1945
    Western New Guinea operations
    Morotai landings, 15 September 1944     		 

  • Following World War II USS LCI(L)-429 was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

    Navy Occupation Service Medal
    China Service Medal (extended)
    8 September to 16 December 19458 September to 16 December 1945

  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • USS LCI(L)-429 earned five battle stars for WWII service
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 16 May 1947;
  • Final Disposition, 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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    LCI(L)-429 40k USS LCI(L)-429 under way, date and location unknown. Bill Brinkley and the USS LSM / LSMR Association
    The history for USS LCI(L)-429 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
    Task Group 70.4 Summary Report
    USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association
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