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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
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

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:
Landing Force Flotillas-SoPacFor;
LCI Flotilla Five, CDR. M. V. Milton;
LCI Group Fourteen, LCDR E. S. Dulcan;
LCI Division Twenty-Nine; and
For Minesweeping Operations, Pacific USS LCI(L)-336, came under the command of;
LCI Flotilla Nineteen, LCDR. E. C. Folger;
LCI Group Fifty-Five, LCDR. S. J. Kelley USNR;
LCI Division One Hundred Nine and participated in the following campaigns:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
New Georgia Group operation New Georgia-Rendova-Vangunu occupation, 30 June and 4 July 1943	Treasury-Bougainville operation Treasury Island landings, 27 October 1943 Occupation and defense of Cape Torokina, 3 to 4 December 1943

Following World War II USS LCI(L)-336 was assigned to Occupation service in the Far East from 1 October 1945 to 20 January 1946

Decommissioned, date unknown

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

USS LCI(L)-336 earned two battle stars for World War II service

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

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
1015032706	23,000k	US troops stream ashore from USS LCI(L)-327 USS LCI(L)-334, USS LCI(L)-330, USS LCI(L)-335, USS LCI(L)-328 and USS LCI(L)-336, between 30 June and 4 July 1943, to occupy Rendova Island in the drive by Marine and Army units which led to the capture of the Japanese air base at Munda Point. Rendova was then converted into an advanced base for further operations against Japanese strongholds in the Southwest Pacific. US National Archives Identifier 74250311 US Marine Corps photo Hdqtrs. No. 58041. June 30 - July 4 1943. National Archives ID 74250311.	David Upton
	418k	USS LCI(L)-328, left and USS LCI(L)-336, right, putting troops ashore at Rendova in the Solomon Islands, 4 July 1943.	Robert Morrissey
	90k	From left to right, USS LCI(L)-335, USS LCI(L)-328 and USS LCI(L)-336 landing US troops and supplies at Rendova in the Solomon Islands, 4 July 1943. US Navy photo	Robert Morrissey
	903k	Rendova Beachhead, 30 June 1943. In the foreground two LCVPs from *USS McCawley* (APA-4)** USS LST-397 USS LCI(L)-336 USS LCI(L)-334 and USS LCI(L)-329. NARA photo # 18-N-52630 a US Navy photo now in the US National Archives collection.	Robert Morrissey, courtesy Dennis Blocker LCI National Association Historian
	833k	Rendova Beachhead, 30 June or 4 July 1943. LCIs from left to right; unknown; USS LCI(L)-329, USS LCI(L)-334, USS LCI(L)-330, USS LCI(L)-335, USS LCI(L)-328 and USS LCI(L)-336 NARA photo # 18-N-52690 a US Navy photo now in the US National Archives collection.	Robert Morrissey, courtesy Dennis Blocker LCI National Association Historian
	903k	Rendova Beachhead, 30 June or 4 July 1943. LCIs from left to right; unknown; USS LCI(L)-329, USS LCI(L)-334, USS LCI(L)-335 and USS LCI(L)-336 NARA photo # 18-N-52633 a US Navy photo now in the US National Archives collection.	Robert Morrissey, courtesy Dennis Blocker LCI National Association Historian
	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
	353k
1015033601	202k	USS LCI(L)-336 underway in San Francisco Bay, circa 1946. US Naval History and Heritage Command Photo # 86179, from the collections of the Vallejo Naval & Historical Museum	Darryl Baker

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

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