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LCI(L)-519

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons



Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon
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 (1)
LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down at New Jersey Shipbuilding Co., Barber, NJ, (date unknown);
  • Launched (date unknown);
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-519, 17 December 1943;
  • During World War II LCI(L)-519 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater, LCI Flotilla 22, and participated in the:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaigns and Dates Campaigns and Dates
    Western New Guinea operations
    Cape Sansapor operations, 30 July 1944 and 4 Aug. 1944
    Morotai landings, 15 September 1944    		 Consolidation of the southern Philippines
    Mindanao Island landings, 17 to 23 April 1945
    Luzon operation
    Lingayen Gulf landings, 4 to 18 January 1945    		 .

    Following World War II LCI(L)-519 performed Occupation Service in the Far East from, 8 to 29 December 1945 including China Service, from 30 September to 20 Dec 1945 under the command of Commander Yangtze Patrol Force
  • Decommissioned, (date unknown);
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 3 December 1947;
  • Struck from the Naval Register, (date unknown);
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown;
  • LCI(L)-519 received 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
    LCI(L) 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
    Armament five single 20mm guns two forward, one amidship, two aft, 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)-519 58k LCI(L)-519 and LCI(G)-957 landing 6th Division troops on the beach at Sansapor, New Guinea. 30 July 1944. Artie Hunt
    LCI(L)-1033 163k LCI(L)-1033 and LCI(L)-519 beached, date and place unknown. William Rosenthal for his father LCDR. Robert N. Rosenthal USNR LCIL)-1033
    The history for LCI(L)-519 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
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association
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