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USS LCI(M)-353
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USS LCI(G)-353 (1944 - 1945)
USS LCI(L)-353 (1943 - 1944)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Hotel - Xray - Papa
NHXP

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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 (1) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

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During World War II USS LCI(L)-353 / LCI(G)-353 / LCI(M)-353 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LCI Flotilla Fourteen, CAPT. T. W. Rimer;
LCI Group Forty-Two, LCDR. A. H. Conners USNR;
LCI Division Eighty-Four and participated in the following campaign:

Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Campaign and Dates
Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 26 March to 14 June 1945

Final Disposition, sold 22 November 1946, fate unknown

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Specifications:
Displacement 246 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

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

[LCI(L) 351-353 only] four single 20mm guns, 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 .50cal machine guns

10 MK7 rocket launchers

LCI(M) Armament

one single 40mm gun, forward

four 20mm guns

three 4.2" chemical mortars mounted in three 4ft x 4ft wooden walled 2" x 6" high sand boxes on the well deck with the three tripod mortar tubes in position to fire forward over the bow, No. 2 Troop Compartment (under well deck) converted to a magazine

Fuel Capacity

Diesel 869 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

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Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
	359k	USS LCI(G)-353 (left) and USS LCI(G)-355 (center) maneuvering during amphibious exercises at Maui prior to the Iwo Jima operation.		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
USS LCI(M)-353
	24k	USS LCI(M)-674 and USS LCI(M)-353 moored to a barge at Taura, Japan. December 1945.		Pete Bolinger USS LCI(M)-674 August 1945 to 15 August 1946 and USS LSM-111 November 1944 to Spring 1945 John Ratomski courtesy Zach Morris, Associate Member and Editor, LST Scuttlebutt Magazine, U.S. Landing Ship Tank Association
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The history for USS LCI(L)-353 / LCI(G)-353 / LCI(M)-353 is from USS LCI "Landing Craft Infantry", Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1995. (ISBN 1-56311-262-0)

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

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

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