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USS LCI(L)-435


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Kilo - Mike - Foxtrot
 NKMF
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is top to bottom, from left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - China Service Medal (extended)
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3) - World War II Victory Medal
Third Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippine Liberation Medal (1)
LCI(L)-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large)
  • Laid down, 23 April 1943, at New Jersey Ship Building Corp., Barber, N.J.
  • Launched, 8 July 1943
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-435, 27 July 1943
  • During World War II USS was assigned to the Asiatic Pacific Theater:
    LCI Flotilla Five; and
     LCI Flotilla Twenty Two (1944-45), CDR. Paul McD. Smith USN (1944) and CDR. Marion M. Byrd (1944-45) and 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     		Manila Bay-Bicol operations
    Carabao Island, Manila Bay, 16 April 1945
    Western New Guinea operations
    Morotai Island landings, 15 September 1944     		 

  • Following World War II USS LCI(L)-435 was assigned to Occupation and China service (Commander Yangtze River Patrol Force) in the Far East for the following periods:

    Navy Occupation Service Medal
    China Service Medal (extended)
    8 September to 9 December 19458 September to 9 December 1945

  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 5 June 1946
  • Final Disposition, sold 7 November 1946, fate unknown
  • USS LCI(L)-435 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
    Diesel 860 Bbls
    lube oil 200 gal
    Propulsion
    two sets of 4 General Motors 6051 series 71 Diesel engines, 4 per shaft
    single General Motors Main reduction gears
    two Diesel-drive 30Kw 120V D.C. Ship's Service Generators
    twin variable pitch propellers, 2,320shp
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    LCI(L)-435/LCI(L)-436 76k USS LCI(L)-435 beached along with USS LCI(L)-436, USS LCI(L)-357 beached at Guadalcanal, in February 1944 along with numerous other LCIs, while crews relax on the beach. Bill Brinkley
    LCI(L)-435/LCI(L)-436 74k USS LCI(L)-435, USS LCI(L)-436, USS LCI(L)-445, and USS LCI(L)-357 beached at Guadalcanal, 25 February 1944, while crews relax on the beach. Bill Brinkley
    LCI(L)-435
    Australian War Memorial, Photo No. 082495    		 55k USS LCI(L)-435 unloading Australian troops at Buchan Point (Code Name Unity Point),north of Trinity Beach, Queensland, Australia. The ship is participating in 7th Division Amphibious Training Exercises, 2 November 1944.
    Australian War Memorial, Photo Nos. 082495 and 082499    		 Mike Green
    LCI(L)-435
    Australian War Memorial, Photo No. 082499    		 58k
    LCI(L)-690 118k USS LCI(L)-435 and USS LCI(L)-690 moored pierside, 26 December 1945, location unknown. Steve Reynebeau
    The history for USS LCI(L)-435 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 - Navy Log
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    LCI Flotilla 22
    USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association
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