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USS LCI(L)-743


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Quebec - Lima - Tango
 NQLT
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory Medal
LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, 14 February 1944, at Commercial Iron Works, Portland, OR.
  • Launched, 5 March 1944
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-743, 22 March 1944, LT. L.L. Schmidt USNR in command (May 1945)
  • During World War II LCI(L)-743 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LCI Flotilla Thirty-Six, LCDR T. Gore USNR;
     LCI Group One Hundred Eight, LCDR. Draine, E. H. USNR;
     LCI Division Two Hundred Fifteen
  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register in 1946
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 19 March 1947
  • 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
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    LSM-436 91k USS LCI(L)-743 (right), USS LSM-436 (left) and USS LST-119 (end of pier being held in position by two LCVPs) during pontoon causeway experiments at Grizzly Bay, near Benicia, CA. in March 1945. USS LSM / LSMR Association
    The history for USS LCI(L)-743 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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