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USS LCI(L)-736

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Whiskey - Uniform - Foxtrot
NWUF

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):

Laid down, 16 January 1944, at Commercial Iron Works Portland, OR.

Launched, 13 February 1944

Commissioned USS LCI(L)-736, 23 February 1944, LTjg. Forrest H. Sprowl USNR (May 1945)

During World War II USS LCI(L)-736 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific theater:
LCI Flotilla Thirteen, CDR. M. B. Brown USN (33);
LCI Group Thirty-Seven, LCDR. P. W. Howard;
LCI Division Seventy-Four and participated in the following campaign:

Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign
Western Caroline Islands operation Capture and occupation of southern Palau Islands, 6 September to 14 October 1944

Following World War II USS LCI(L)-736 was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following period:

Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
25 September to 16 December 1945	25 September to 16 December 1945

Decommissioned, date unknown

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

USS LCI(L)-736 earned one battle star for World War II service

Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 2 March 1948

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
669k	*LCI(L)-736* under way during builders trials near Commercial Iron Works, Portland, OR., 21 February 1944. Photo taken by Commercial Iron Works.	James Swank
58k	USS LCI(L)-736 commissioning crew, Commercial Iron Works, Portland, OR., 23 February 1944. Photo from the USS LCI National Association's newsletter "The Elsie Item", January 2007 issue.	Ardie Hunt
81k	USS LCI(L)-736 crew at Shanghai, China, in 1946, after the cessation of hostilities, and after *LCI(L)-736* had served with the famed "Black Cat Flotilla" in Peleliu and many other actions. Photo from the USS LCI National Association's newsletter "The Elsie Item", January 2007 issue.	Ardie Hunt

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

Commanding Officers
01	LTjg. Sprowl, Forrest H., USNR	23 February 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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