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USS LCI(L)-519

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Quebec - Yankee - Whiskey
NQYW

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon - China Service Medal (extended)
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3) - World War II Victory Medal
Third Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Presidential Citation - Philippine Liberation Medal (2)

LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):

Laid down, 14 November 1943, at New Jersey Shipbuilding Co., Barber, N.J.

Launched, 13 DEcember 1943

Commissioned USS LCI(L)-519, 17 December 1943

During World War II USS LCI(L)-519 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LCI Flotilla Five; and
LCI Flotilla Twenty Two (1944-45), CDR. Paul McD. Smith USN (1944) and CDR. Marion M. Byrd (1944-45) and participated in the following campaigns:

Campaigns and Dates	Campaigns and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Western New Guinea operations Cape Sansapor operations, 30 July 1944 and 4 Aug. 1944 Morotai landings, 15 September 1944	Consolidation of the southern Philippines Mindanao Island landings, 17 to 23 April 1945
Luzon operation Lingayen Gulf landings, 4 to 18 January 1945

Following World War II USS LCI(L)-519 was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
8 to 30 September 1945	30 September to 20December 1945

While assigned China Service USS LCI(L)-519 was assigned to Commander Yangtze Patrol Force

Decommissioned, date unknown

Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 3 December 1947

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

USS LCI(L)-519 earned three battle stars for World War II service

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

Size	Image Description	Source
58k	USS LCI(L)-519 and USS LCI(G)-957 landing 6th Division troops on the beach at Sansapor, New Guinea. 30 July 1944.	Artie Hunt
764k	USS LCI(L)-519 landing 6th Division troops on the beach at Sansapor, New Guinea. 30 July 1944.	Jerry Gilmartin MMCS(SW) Ret., PT658 Curator, LCI713 AFMM Secretary
163k	USS LCI(L)-1033 and USS LCI(L)-519 beached, date and location unknown.	William Rosenthal for his father LCDR. Robert N. Rosenthal USNR LCIL)-1033

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
History of LCI Flotilla 22
USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association

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Last Updated 23 June 2017