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LCI(L)-443


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Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is top to bottom, from left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippine Liberation Medal
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)-443, 13 August 1943
  • During World War II LCI(L)-443 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 Islands landing, 15 to 19 February 1944     		Luzon operation
    Lingayen Gulf landings, 4 to 18 January1945
    Western New Guinea operation
    Morotai Island landings, 15 September 1944     		.

  • Following World War II, LCI(L)-443 was assigned to Commander Philippine Sea Frontier
  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register in 1946
  • Final Disposition, sold, 2 December 1946
  • LCI(L)-443 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)-443 103k LCI(L)-443 drydocked at New York Navy Yard, 7 September 1943. Starboard view before alteration of skegs.
    New York Navy Yard photo # F644C4534 now in the collections of the US National Archives     		Jerry Gilmartin AFMM secretary LCI713 restoration crew.
    LCI(L)-443 66k LCI(L)-443 drydocked at New York Navy Yard, 7 September 1943. Center view after alteration of skegs.
    New York Navy Yard photo # F644C4539 now in the collections of the US National Archives     		Jerry Gilmartin AFMM secretary LCI713 restoration crew.
    The history for LCI(L)-443 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
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    USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association
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