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LCI(L)-362 / LCI(M)-362

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (7) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippines Liberation Medal (1)

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)-362, 26 July 1943

Designation changed to Landing Craft Infantry (Mortar) LCI(M)-363, 30 April 1945

During World War II LCI(L)-362 / LCI(M)-362 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the:

**Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns**
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Eastern New Guinea operation Saidor occupation, January 1944	Consolidation and capture of the southern Philippines Palawan Islands landings, Puerto Princesa, 28 February to 7 March 1945 Mindanao Island landings, Zamboanga, 10 and 16 March 1945 Basilan Island, Sulu Archipelago, 16 March, 1945 Bongao Island, Tawi-Tawi Island group, 23 March 1945
Hollandia operation 21 to 25 April 1944	Manila Bay-Bicol operations Nasugbu, 31 January to 2 February 1945
Western New Guinea operation Biak Island operation, 27 May to 1 June 1944	Borneo operations Tarakan Island operation, 27 April to 5 May 1945
Luzon operation Lingayen Gulf landings, 4 to 18 January 1945	.

Decommissioned (date unknown)

Struck from the Naval Register in 1946

Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 3 May 1948, for disposal

Final Disposition, fate unknown

LCI(L)-362 received seven battle stars for WWII 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(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
	82k	*LCI(L)-362* and *LCI(L)-363* unloading troops and supplies at Biak Island, 28 May 1944. Photo from the USS LCI Association 2007 calendar, courtesy Bill Ringle. A US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.		Ardie Hunt
	78k	*LCI(M)-362's officers. LTjg. Charles Uhl, Executive Officer (center) flanked by LTJG Henry Peterson, Commanding Officer, and Ensign Ernest Groos, Fourth Officer. Photo courtesy Charles Uhl, USS LCI(M)-362* and the USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association.		Ardie Hunt

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 8 December 2006