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USS LCI(L)-636

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Papa - Mike - Echo
NPME

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 (2)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippine Liberation Medal (2)

LCI(L)-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):

Laid down, 20 May 1944, at New Jersey Ship Building Corp., Barber, N.J.

Launched, 16 June 1944

Commissioned USS LCI(L)-636, 23 June 1944

During World War II USS LCI(L)-636 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LCI(L) Flotilla Twenty-Four CDR. A. Vernon Janaotta, USN;
LCI(L) Group Seventy-Two LCDR. A.T. Baker, USNR; and participated in the following campaigns:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
Leyte operation Leyte landings, 28 to 29 November 1944	Consolidation and capture of the Southern Philippines Mindanao Island landings, Zamboanga, 1 April 1945

Decommissioned, date unknown

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 5 November 1947

Final Disposition, fate unknown

USSLCI(L)-636 earned two battle stars for World War II service

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

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 800 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

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
	532k	USS LCI(L)-636, USS LCI(L)-621, USS LCI(L)-700, USS LCI(L)-702 and USS LCI(L)-774 and one additional LCI approaching the beach for a landing at Zamboanga, Mindanao Island, Philippines, 1 April 1945. US National Archives Records Administration photo #359834, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.	Robert Morrissey, Beth Golemon, Dennis Blocker
	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
	635k	USS LCI(L)-636 and USS LCI(L)-621 beaching at Zamboanga, Mindanao Island, Philippines, 1 April 1945. US National Archives Records Administration photo #359825, 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
1015063603	299k	Unknown crew member of USS LCI(L)-636 working from a Bos'ns chair on the conning tower, date and location unknown. Photo by James Schwenzer QM/1c USS LCI(L)-636	Joe Schwenzer, grandson of James Schwenzer
1015063604	446k	Photo of one of USS LCI(L)-636 officer's, date and location unknown Photo by James Schwenzer QM/1c USS LCI(L)-636	Joe Schwenzer, grandson of James Schwenzer
1015063605	175k	USS LCI(L)-636 conning tower, date and location unknown. Photo by James Schwenzer QM/1c USS LCI(L)-636	Joe Schwenzer, grandson of James Schwenzer
1015063606	601k	USS LCI(L)-636 crew member using a signal lamp from the ship's conning tower. Note the kill mark of a Japanese “Betty” shot down by *LCI(L)-626* 29 December 1944. Photo by James Schwenzer QM/1c USS LCI(L)-636	Joe Schwenzer, grandson of James Schwenzer

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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