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LCI(L)-34 / LCI(G)-34 / LCI(R)-34

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Unit Commendation (3) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (7)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippine Liberation Medal (1)

LCI-1 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):

Laid down, (date and place unknown);

Launched (date unknown);

Commissioned USS LCI(L)-34, 23 January 1943;

During World War II LCI(L)-34 / LCI(G)-34 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the:

Eastern New Guinea operation;
(a) Lae occupation, 4 to 6 September 1943
(b) Finschhafen occupation, 22 September 1943
(c) Saidor occupation, 2 to 3 January 1944
Bismarck Archipelago operation;
(a) Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 26 to 27 December 1943
Hollandia operation, 21 to 25 April 1944
Western New Guinea operation;
(a) Toem-Wakde-Sarmi operation, 17 May 1944
(b) Biak Island operation, 27 to 28 May, 1 to 6 June 1944
(c) Noemfoor Island operation, 2 to 7 July 1944
(d) Cape Sansapor operation, 27 July to 4 August 1944
(e) Morotai landings, 15 September 1944
Leyte operation;
(a) Leyte landings, 12 October and 29 November 1944
(b) Lingayen landing, 4 to 18 January 1945
Manila Bay-Bicol operation;
(a) Nasugbu, 31 January to 2 February 1945
Borneo operation;
(a) Brunei Bay operation, 7 to 12 June 1945
(b) Balikpapan operation, 26 June to 9 July 1945

Redesignated Landing Craft (Guns) LCI(G)-34, 15 June 1944;

Redesignated Landing Craft (Rockets) LCI(R)-34, 10 July 1945;

Decommissioned, (date unknown);

Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown);

Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 27 April 1947, for disposal;

Final Disposition, fate unknown;

LCI(L)-34 was awarded three Navy Unit Commendations for the (a) Western New Guinea operation, 22 April to 30 July 1944, (b) Luzon, 15 December 1944, 9 January to 2 February 1945, and (c) Borneo operation, 7 June to 1 July 1945 and received seven battle stars for WWII service.

Specifications:
Displacement 216 t.(light), 234 t.(landing), 389 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 LCI(L), 2 officers 21 enlisted, LCI(G) 4 officers 53 enlisted;
Troop Capacity LCI(L), 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, LCI(L), four single 20mm guns one forward, one amidship, two aft, LCI(G), ten rocket launchers, two 40mm guns, four 20mm guns, and six .50 cal machine guns;
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.

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
	89k	*LCI(L)-73, LCI(L)-34* and *LCI(L)-430* moored, date and place unknown.		Bill Brinkley
	97k	*LCI(R)-31, LCI(R)-34, LCI(R)-73* and three unidentified LCIs beached at Townsville, Australia while loading troops, probably for the Borneo operation in June 1945.		Peter Dunn

Search and Rescue - The search for survivors after the Battle off Samar", 25 October 1944

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
Fleet Reserve Association

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association

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Last Updated 16 July 2004