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USS LCI(M)-356
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 USS LCI(G)-356 (1944 - 1945)
 USS LCI(L)-356 (1943 - 1944)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Hotel - Xray - Xray
 NHXX
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Unit Commendation
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal
LCI(L)-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, 13 April 1943, at George Lawley & Sons Shipbuilding Corp., Neponset, MA.
  • Launched, 27 May 1943
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-356, 12 June 1943
  • Reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Guns), LCI(G)-356 31 December 1944
  • Reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Mortar), LCI(M)-356 30 April 1945
  • During World War II USS LCI(L)-356 / LCI(G)-356 / LCI(M)-356 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Iwo Jima operations
    Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, 19 February to 3 March 1945 (as LCI(G)-355)     		Okinawa Gunto operations
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 26 March to 14 June 1945
    (as LCI(G)-355 and LCI(M)-355)

  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, sold, 20 January 1947, fate unknown
  • USS LCI(G)-356 / LCI(M)-356 earned two battle stars for service in WWII in addition to the Navy Unit Commendation for service at Okinawa, 18 May 1945
    Specifications:
    Displacement 246 t.(light), 264 t. (landing), 419 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 4 Officers, 24 Enlisted
    LCI(G) Complement 5 Officers, 65 Enlisted
    LCI(M) Complement 4 Officers, 49 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 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
    LCI(G) Armament two 40mm guns, four 20mm guns, six .50 cal machine guns, 10 MK7 rocket launchers
    LCI(M) Armament one single 40mm gun, forward, four 20mm guns, three 4.2mm chemical mortars mounted in three 4ft x 4ft wooden walled 2" x 6" high sand boxes on the well deck with the three tripod mortar tubes in position to fire forward over the bow, No. 2 Troop Compartment (under well deck) converted to a magazine
    Fuel Capacity 130 tons, lube oil 200 gal.
    Propulsion two sets of 4 GM diesels, 4 per shaft, BHP 1,600, twin variable pitch propellers
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    LCI(L)-356 67k USS LCI(L)-356 entering or leaving a floating dry dock at Noumea, New Caledonia, 28 September 1943 Bill Brinkley
    The history for USS LCI(L)-356 / LCI(G)-356 / LCI(L)-356 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
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association
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    Last Updated 28 August 2009