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USS LCI(L)-434


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Kilo - Lima - Whiskey
 NKLW
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is top to bottom, from left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive)
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 (2)
LCI(L)-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, date unknown, at New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber, N.J.
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-434, 24 July 1943
  • During World War II USS LCI(L)-434 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater. LCI Flotilla 22, and participated in the following campaigns:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Bismarck Archipelago operation
    Green Island landing, 15 to 19 February 1944     		Consolidation and capture of the southern Philippines
    Mindanao Island landings, 17 to 23 April 1945
    Luzon operation
    Lingayen Gulf landing, 9 to 18 February 1945     		.

  • Following World War II USS LCI(L)-434 performed occupation duty in the Far East including service in China from 8 September to 20 December 1945 under the command of Commander Yangtze Patrol Force;
  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register in 1946
  • Final Disposition, sold 13 November 1946, fate unknown
  • USS LCI(L)-434 earned three battle stars for service in WWII.
    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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    LCI(L)-434 182k USS LCI(L)-434 beached at Cairns Australia in 1944. Michael Muldoon for his father Joseph P. Muldoon QM2/c USS LCI(L)-434
    LCI(L)-434 473k USS LCI(L)-434 beached in New Guinea in 1944. Michael Muldoon for his father Joseph P. Muldoon QM2/c USS LCI(L)-434
    LCI(L)-434 220k USS LCI(L)-434 beached while disembarking troops at Aitape, New Guinea in 1944. Michael Muldoon for his father Joseph P. Muldoon QM2/c USS LCI(L)-434
    The history for USS LCI(L)-434 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 - Navy Log
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association
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    Last updated 22 August 2007