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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:

Bismarck Archipelago operation;
(a) Green Islands landing, 15 to 19 February 1944
Western New Guinea operations;
(a) Morotai landings, 15 September1944
Luzon operation;
(a) Lingayen Gulf landing, 9 to 18 January 1945
Consolidation of the Southern Philippines;
(a) Palawan Island landings, 28 February to 7 March 1945
(b) Visayan Island landings, 18 to 19 March 1945
Manila Bay-Bicol operations;
(a) Nasugbu, 31 January to 2 February 1945

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

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
	100k	*LCI(M)-359* beached, date and place unknown. Photo by Arthur Bucknum SM3/c USS LCI(M)-359		Gary Bucknum

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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Last Updated 4 June 2004