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USS LC(FF)-532
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USS LCI(L)-532 (1943 - 1944)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Whiskey - Alpha - Charlie
NWAC

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 (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Medal (with Asia clasp)

LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):

Laid down in December 1943 at New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber, N.J.

Launched In December 1943

Commissioned USS LCI(L)-532, 10 January 1944, ENS. J. C. Crecink USNR in command

USS LCI(L)-532 was redesignated Landing Craft (Flotilla Flagship) LC(FF)-532, 31 December 1944

During World War II USS LCI(L)-532 / LC(FF)-532 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LC(FF) Flotilla Twenty-Three, LCDR. R. H. Brazeal;
LC(FF) Group Sixty-Eight, LT. O. G. Howell;
LC(FF) Division One Hundred Thirty-Five and participated in the following campaign:

Campaigns and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 26 April to 17 June 1945

Following World War II USS LC(FF)-532 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 17 September 1945 to 15 April 1946

Decommissioned, date unknown

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

USS LC(FF)-532 earned one battle star for World War II service

Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 30 January 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

LCI(L) 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 130 tons

lube oil 200 gal

Propulsion

two sets of four General Motors Diesel engines, four per shaft, BHP 1,600

twin variable pitch propellers

Size	Image Description	Source
83k	USS LC(FF)-532 moored alongside USS LST-685 in the harbor at Sasebo, Japan, while engaged in Occupation service, circa February-April 1946.	Photos by Vernon Yeck USS LC(FF)-532 submitted by his daughter, Wendy (Yeck) Clark.
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60k	View from the bridge across the bow of USS LC(FF)-532 while waiting for detonation of explosive charges to sink Japanese submarines captured at Sasebo, Japan, circa February-April 1946.	Photos by Vernon Yeck USS LC(FF)-532 submitted by his daughter, Wendy (Yeck) Clark.
58k	View looking aft toward the bridge of USS LC(FF)-532 in the harbor at Sasebo, Japan, circa February-April 1946.	Photos by Vernon Yeck USS LC(FF)-532 submitted by his daughter, Wendy (Yeck) Clark.

Commanding Officers
01	ENS. Crecink, J. C., USNR	10 January 1944 - ?

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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Last Updated 13 April 2018

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USS LC(FF)-532
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USS LCI(L)-532 (1943 - 1944)