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LCI(L)-359 / LCI(M)-359


Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is top to bottom, from left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (5) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippine Liberation Medal (3)


LCI(L)-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, (date unknown) at George Lawley & Sons, Neponset, MA.
  • Launched (date unknown)
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-359, 2 July 1943
  • Reclassified Landing Craft Infantry (Mortar) LCI(M)-359, 30 April 1945
  • During World War II LCI(L)-359 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater. LCI Flotilla 22, and participated in the:
  • Decommissioned (date unknown)
  • Struck from the Naval Register in 1946
  • Final Disposition, sold 13 March 1947, fate unknown
  • LCI(L)-359 earned five battle stars for service in WWII
    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(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(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)-359 100k LCI(M)-359 beached, date and place unknown.
    Photo by Arthur Bucknum SM3/c USS LCI(M)-359
    Gary Bucknum

    The history for LCI(L)-359 / LCI(M)-359 is from USS LCI "Landing Craft Infantry", Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1995. (ISBN 1-56311-262-0)
    View the history of LCI Flotilla 22
    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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