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LCI(L)-632 / LCI(G)-632 / LCI(M)-632


USS LCI(M)-632 was transferred to the Republic of China
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - China Service Medal (extended) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)
LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down (date unknown) at New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber, N.J.
  • Launched (date unknown)
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-632, 17 June 1944
  • Reclassified LCI(G)-632. 31 December 1944
  • Reclassified LCI(M)-632, 30 April 1945 During World War II LCI(L)-632 / LCI(G)-632 / LCI(M)-632 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Iwo Jima operation [LCI(G)-632]
    Assault and occupation of Iwo Jima, 19 to 26 February 1945     		Okinawa Gunto operation as [LCI(M)-632]
    Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 26 March to 14 June 1945

  • Following World War II LCI(M)-632 performed occupation duty in the Far East including China Service
  • Decommissioned at Tsingtao, China in 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register in 1946
  • Transferred to the Republic of China in 1946
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown.
  • LCI(L)-632 earned one battle star as LCI(G)-632 and one battle star as LCI(M)-632 for World War II service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 246 t.(light), 264 t. (landing), 419 t.(loaded)
    Length 158' 5 1/2"
    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
    LCI(L) Complement 4 Officers, 24 Enlisted
    LCI(G) Complement 5 Officers, 65 Enlisted
    LCI(M) Complement 4 Officers, 49 Enlisted
    LCI(L) Troop Capacity 6 Officers, 182 Enlisted
    LCI(L) 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
    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
    LCI(G) Armament two 40mm guns, four 20mm guns, six .50 cal machine guns, 10 MK7 rocket launchers
    LCI(M) Armament one single 40mm gun, forward, four 20mm guns, three 4.2 mm chemical mortars on the well deck, No. 2 Troop Compartment (under well deck) converted to a magazine
    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)-632 164k LCI(L)-632 with an unidentified "Square Conn" at Santa Barbara, CA., date unknown. Photo from the USS LCI National Association's newsletter "The Elsie Item", Issue #48, April 2004. Photo by and courtesy of Robert M. Norris, USS LCI(L) 631. Ardie Hunt
    LCI(L)-632 31k LCI(L)-632 underway, date and place unknown. Bill Brinkley
    LCI(L)-632 86k LCI(M)-632 at Tsingtao, China, June 1946. The crew was training Chinese crews to operate the LCIs being transferred to the Chinese Nationalist Navy. During the war LCI(M)-632 provided fire support at Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Post-war duty was served in China. Photo from the USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association 2004 Calendar, courtesy R.M. Norris, XO, USS LCI(M) 632). Ardie Hunt
    LCI(L)-632 109k LCI(M)-632 moored alongside Kinzer (APD-91) in the ice at Chingwangtao, China, February 1946. Photo from the USS LCI National Association's newsletter "The Elsie Item" March 2002 issue, courtesy of Robert M. Norris, USS LCI(M) 631). Ardie Hunt
    The history for LCI(L)-632 / LCI(G)-632 / LCI(M)-632 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
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association
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