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LCI(L)-337 / LCI(R)-337

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (6)
Bottom Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippine Liberation Medal (2).
LCI-1 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, 22 September 1942, at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, TX.
  • Launched, 21 October 1942
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-337, 21 December 1942
  • Designation changed to Landing Ship Infantry (Rocket) LCI(R)-337, 10 July 1945
  • During World War II LCI(L)-337 / LCI(R)-337 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater, LCI Flotilla Seven Group 19 and participated in the:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaigns and Dates Campaigns and Dates
    Eastern New Guinea operations Luzon operation
    Lubang Island, 1 March 1945
    Bismarck Archipelago operation
    Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 26 to 27 December 1943     		Consolidation and occupation of the Southern Philippines
    Zamboanga, Mindanao, 10 March 1945
    Mindanao Island landings, 17 to 19 April 1945
    Leyte operation
    Leyte landings     		Borneo operation
    Balikpapan operation, 1 July 1945

  • LCI(L)-337 was redesignated Landing Ship Infantry (Rocket) LCI(R)-337, 10 July 1945
  • Following World War II LCI(R)-337 performed occupation duty in the Far East
  • Decommissioned (date unknown)
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • LCI(L)-337 / LCI(R)-337 earned six battle stars for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 216 t.(light), 234 t.(landing); 389 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 3 Officers, 21 Enlisted
    LCI(R) Complement 3 Officers, 31 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 four single 20mm guns one forward, one amidship, two aft, two .50 cal machine guns
    LCI(R) Armament one 40mm gun, four 20mm guns, two .50 cal machine guns, six 5" rocket launchers
    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)-337 29k LCI(R)-337 dry docked, date and place unknown.
    Photo by Arthur Levine, GM2/c.    		 Donated by Marc S. Levine
    in honor of his father Arthur Levine, GM2/c USS LCI(R)-337
    LCI(G)-64 145k LCI(R)-337 and LCI(G)-64 in dry dock at Subic Bay in August 1945 for repairs
    		 Frank M. LeTarte S1/c USNR USS LCI(G)-64
    LCI(L)-337 125k LCI(R)-337, grounded at Okinawa as result of the typhoon of 9 October 1945. Note the hole in her port side. In the background is an unidentified (APL) non-self propeller barracks craft.
    Photo by Arthur Levine, GM2/c    		 Donated by Marc S. Levine
    in honor of his father Arthur Levine, GM2 USS LCI(R)-337
    LCI-463/337 62k LCI(G)-463 and LCI(R)-337 high and dry at Buckner Bay, Okinawa, after 9 October 1945 typhoon .
    The history for LCI(L)-337 / LCI(R)-337 is from USS LCI "Landing Craft Infantry", Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1995. (ISBN 1-56311-262-0)
    Search and Rescue - The search for survivors after the Battle off Samar" - 25 October 1944
    Typhoon Damage Report - 16 September 1945 - Report of damage sustained as a result of beaching at Buckner Bay, Okinawa, while riding out a typhoon
    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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