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USS LCI(L)-634

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Papa - Lima - November
NPLN

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation Medal (2)

LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large)

Laid down, 18 May 1944, at New Jersey Shipbuilding Co., Barber, N.J.

Launched, 14 June 1944

Commissioned USS LCI(L)-634, 20 June 1944

During World War II USS LCI(L)-634 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater, LCI Flotilla Twenty-Four, CDR. A. Vernon Jannotta:
and participated in the following campaigns:

**Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns**
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Leyte operations Leyte landings, 28 and 29 November 1944	Borneo operation Tarakan Island, 27 April to 5 May 1945 Balikpapan operation, 26 June to 6 July 1945
Consolidation and capture of the Southern Philippines Mindanao Island landings, Zamboanga, 1 April 1945

Decommissioned in 1946

Struck from the Naval Register, 28 March 1946

Sold, 3 December 1946

Final Disposition, fate unknown

USS LCI(L)-634 received three battle stars for World War II service

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
217k	From left to right; USS LCI(L)-634, USS LCI(L)-626, USS LCI(L)-625 and USS LCI(L)-1008 beached while discharging personnel probably during a training exercise, (note personnel not in combat gear) date and location unknown.	Al Patterson for his father Harold Lee Patterson RDM3/c USS LCI(L)-624
652k	USS LCI(L)-634, USS LCI(L)-636 and USS LCI(L)-621 approaching the beach for a landing at Zamboanga, Mindanao Island, Philippines, 1 April 1945. US National Archives Records Administration photo #359831, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.	Robert Morrissey, Beth Golemon, Dennis Blocker
704k	USS LCI(L)-634, USS LCI(L)-636 and USS LCI(L)-621 beached at Zamboanga, Mindanao Island, Philippines, 1 April 1945. US National Archives Records Administration photo #359827, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.	Robert Morrissey, Beth Golemon, Dennis Blocker

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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