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LCI(L)-373 / LCI(G)-373

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - Navy Unit Commendation - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (5) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippine Liberation Medal (2)
LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, (date unknown) at George Lawley & Sons, Neponset, MA.
  • Launched (date unknown)
  • Commissioned as USS LCI(L)-373, 29 September 1943
  • Converted to a Close-in Fire Support Vessel and redesignated Landing Craft Infantry (Guns) LCI(G)-373, 15 June 1944 During World War II LCI(L)-373 / LCI(G)-373 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaigns and Dates Campaigns and Dates
    Marianas operation;
    Capture and occupation of Saipan, 15 June to 4 August 1944    		 Luzon operation;
    Lingayen Gulf landing, 9 January 1945
    Capture and occupation of Tinian,
    8 July and 24 to 28 July 1944     		Okinawa Gunto operation;
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 24 March to 1 June 1945
    Leyte operation;
    Leyte landings, 20 October 1944    		 .

  • Decommissioned (date unknown)
  • Struck from the Naval Register in 1946
  • Final Disposition, sold 13 January 1947, fate unknown
  • LCI(L)-373 / LCI(G)-373 received five battle stars for WWII service in addition to the Navy Unit Commendation as a member of LCI(G) Flotilla 3 (31 January to 28 July 1944) for Occupation of Kwajalein and Eniwetok Atolls in the Marshall Islands and Capture and occupation of Saipan, Guam and Tinian in the Marianas
    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(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 three 40mm bofor guns, four 20mm guns, six .50cal machine guns, ten MK7 rocket launchers
    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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    APD-51/LCI(L)-373 40k LCI(G)-373 underway passing the anchored Hopping (APD-51) while heading for the beach at Okinawa. Note the two old battleships, New York (BB-34) and Idaho (BB-42) off in the background waiting for fire support calls. Photo is a Official US Navy photo. Mike Green
    The history for LCI(L)-373 / LCI(G)-373 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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