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USS LCI(L)-336


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Juliet - Sierra - Juliet
 NJSJ
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom. left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal
LCI-1 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, 27 July 1942, at Brown Ship Building Corp., Houston, TX.
  • Launched, 13 October 1942
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-336, 3 December 1942
  • During World War II USS LCI(L)-336 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater, LCI Flotilla 22, and participated in the following campaigns:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    New Georgia Group operation
    New Georgia-Rendova-Vangunu occupation, 30 June to 4 July 1943     		Treasury-Bougainville operation
    Treasury Island landings, 1 November 1943
    Occupation and defense of Cape Torokina , 3 to 4 December 1943

  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    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 3 officer, 21 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 four single 20mm guns one forward, one amidship, two aft, later added two .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
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    LCI(L)-328 27k USS LCI(L)-328, left and USS LCI(L)-336, right, putting troops ashore at Rendova in the Solomon Islands, 30 June 1943. Hyperwar US Navy in World War II
    LCI(L)-332 373k USS LCI(L)-336 crew photos taken in the Solomon Islands in 1944. (Top photo K. Rudert front row with watch.) Jerry Gilmartin MMC(SW) USN Ret. Secretary AFMM LCI 713, Curator PT-658 Save the PT Boat Inc, courtesy Dennis Blocker LCI National Association Historian
    LCI(L)-332 353k
    LCI(L)-332 50k USS LCI(L)-336 underway, date and location unknown. Bill Brinkley
    The history for LCI(L)-336 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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