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USS LCI(M)-351
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 USS LCI(G)-351 (1944 - 1945)
 USS LCI(L)-351 (1943 - 1944)


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

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal
LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, date unknown, at George Lawley & Sons Shipbuilding Corp., Neponset, MA.
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-351, 14 May 1943
  • Redesignated Landing Craft Infantry (Gunboat) USS LCI(G)-351, 31 December 1944
  • Redesignated Landing Craft Infantry (Mortar) USS LCI(M)-351, 30 April 1945
  • During World War II USS LCI(G)-351 / LCI(M)-351 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns;
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Iwo Jima operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 26 March to 14 June 1945     		Okinawa Gunto operation
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 26 March to 14 June 1945

  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register in 1946
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 22 March 1948, for disposal
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • USS LCI(G)-351 / LCI(M)-351 earned two battle stars for World War II service
    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 4.2 mm chemical mortars on the well deck, 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)-413 123k Stern view of USS LCI(L)-351 while moored at George Lawley & Sons Shipbuilding Corp., Neponset, MA. in May 1943.
    George Lawley & Sons Shipbuilding Corp. photo now in the collections of the US National Archives    		 Jerry Gilmartin AFMM secretary LCI713 restoration crew
    LCI(L)-351 187k LCI(R)-351 underway, off Okinawa, date unknown. US Navy photo, courtesy Floating Drydock .
    The history for USS LCI(L)-351 / LCI(G)-351 / LCI(M)-351 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
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association
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