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USS LCI(L)-445

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Quebec - Hotel - Xray
NQHX

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

LCI(L)-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):

Laid down, 27 May 1943, at New Jersey Ship Building Corp., Barber, N.J.

Launched, 5 August 1943

Commissioned USS LCI(L)-445, 17 August 1943

During World War II USS LCI(L)-445 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:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Bismarck Archipelago operation Green Islands landing, 15 to 19 February 1944	Western Caroline Islands operation Capture and occupation of southern Palau Islands, 6 September to 14 October 1944
Western New Guinea operations Morotai Island landings, 15 September 1944

Following World War II USS LCI(L)-445 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 21 December 1945	8 September to 21 December 1945

Decommissioned, date unknown

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 29 December 1947, for disposal

Final Disposition, fate unknown

USS LCI(L)-445 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

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

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
	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
	11k	USS LCI(L)-445 pierside, date and location unknown.		Bill Brinkley

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
History of LCI Flotilla 22
USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association

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Last Updated 26 September 2014