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USS LCI(G)-543
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 USS LCI(L)-543 (1944 - 1945)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Whiskey - Charlie - Romeo
 NWCR
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 (3) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippine Liberation Medal
LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, 24 December 1943, at New Jersey Shipbuilding Corp., Barber, N.J.
  • Launched, 21 January 1944
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-543, 29 January 1944
  • During World War II USS LCI(L)-543 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Western New Guinea operations
    Toem-Wakde-Sarmi area operation, 17 to 22 May 1944
    Biak Island operation, 27 and 28 May 1944
    Noemfoor Island operation, 30 June to 12 July 1944     		Luzon operations
    Lingayen Gulf landing, 4 to 18 January 1945
    Leyte operations
    Leyte landings, 19 to 29 November 1944
    Ormoc Bay landings, 12 and 13 December 1944     		 

  • Reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Gunboat) LCI(G)-543, 15 July 1945
  • Classification reverted to Landing Craft Infantry (Large) LCI(L)-543, 10 September 1945
  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Laid up in the Reserve Fleet, Florida Group, February 1951
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 10 February 1955
  • USS LCI(L)-543 earned three battle stars for World War II service
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 216 t.(light), 234 t.(landing); 389 t.(loaded)
    Length 158' 5 1/2"
    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
    LCI(L) Complement
    3 Officers
    21 Enlisted
    LCI(G) Complement
    5 Officers
    65 Enlisted
    LCI(L) Troop Capacity
    6 Officers
    182 Enlisted
    LCI(L) 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
    four single 20mm guns one forward, one amidship, two aft
    two .50cal machine guns
    LCI(G) Armament
    two 40mm guns
    four 20mm guns
    six .50cal machine guns
    ten MK7 rocket launchers
    Fuel Capacity 130 tons, lube oil 200 gal.
    Propulsion
    two sets of 4 General Motors Diesel engines, 4 per shaft, BHP 1,600
    twin variable pitch propellers
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    The history for USS LCI(L)-543 / LCI(G)-543 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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