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USS LCI(L)-448


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Quebec - India - Juliet
 NQIJ
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is top to bottom, from left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended)
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - 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, 15 June 1943, at New Jersey Shipbuilding Co., Barber, N.J.
  • Launched, 12 August 1943
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-448, 22 August 1943, ENS. J. C. Gale, USNR, in command (May 1945)
  • During World War II USS LCI(L)-448 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
    LCI Flotilla Nineteen, LCDR. E. C. Folger
    LCI Group Fifty-Five, LCDR. S. J. Kelley USNR;
    LCI Division One Hundred Nine and participated in the following campaigns:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Hollandia operation, 21 to 25 April 1944
    Green Islands landing, 15 to 19 February 1944     		Leyte operation
    Leyte landings, 12 October to 29 November 1944

  • Following World War II USS LCI(L)-448 was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following periods:

    Navy Occupation Service Medal

    China Service Medal (extended)
    8 to 30 September 19451 to 17 October 1945

  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 8 May 1946
  • USS LCI(L)-448 earned two battle stars for World War II service
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 25 February 1948, for disposal
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 246 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 kts; 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 800 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)-448
    1015044803    		 55k USS LCI(L)-448 underway, date and location unknown. Possibly a shipyard completion photos. David Wright
    LCI(L)-448
    1015044802    		 305k USS LCI(L)-448 underway in the Pacific Ocean, 5 November 1943. Note the dapple effect jungle camouflage.
    US National Archives photo # 80-G-200236, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 Rick Davis
    LCI(L)-448
    1015044801    		 143k USS LCI(L)-448 landing at Tanahmerah Bay, Hollandia, April 1944; carrying units of the 24th Infantry Division.
    Frame from a short film incorrectly named "WESTWARD IS BATAAN", INVASION ADMIRALTY ISLANDS, BISMARCK ARCHIPELAGO, TERRITORY OF NEW GUINEA". National Archives ID 17572. Local ID 111-ADC-3769; Department of the Army.    		 David Upton
    The history for LCI(L)-448 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
    USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association
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