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LCI(L)-433


Flag Hoist/International Radio Call Sign:
November - Juliet - Papa - India
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon
Second Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3)
Third Row - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippine Liberation Medal (1)
LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, date unknown, at New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber, N.J.
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Commissioned as USS LCI(L)-433, 21 July 1943
  • During World War II was assigned to the Asiatic Pacific Theater and served for a time as the Flagship for LCI Flotilla 22, CDR, Mc. D. Smith USN in command. LCI(L)-433 participated in the following campaigns:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Bismarck Archipelago operation
    Green Islands landing, 15 to 19 February 1944     		Luzon operation
    Lingayen Gulf landing, 9 to 18 January 1945
    Western New Guinea operations
    Morotai landings, 15 September 1944     		.

  • Following World War II LCI(L)-433 performed occupation duty in the Far East including service in China under the command of Commander Yangtze Patrol Force
  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register in 1946
  • Final Disposition, sold, 10 January 1947, fate unknown
  • LCI(L)-433 earned three battle stars for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 236 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
    Complement 4 Officers, 24 Enlisted
    Troop Capacity 6 Officers, 182 Enlisted
    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 knots; and 110 tons of fuel
    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
    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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    The history for LCI(L)-433 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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