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USS LCI(L)-350

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Juliet - Xray - Hotel
NJXH

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive, 6 June 1944)
Second Row - Coast Guard Unit Commendation - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (4)
Third Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp)

USS LCI(L)-350 was manned by the US Coast Guard

LCI-1 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):

Laid down, 14 November 1942, at Brown Shipbuilding Corp, Houston, TX.

Launched, 21 December 1942

Commissioned USS LCI(L)-350, 4 February 1943, at Orange, TX., LT. Robert J. Read, USCG, in command (Jan. 1943-Jan. 1944)

Succeeding Commanding Officers:

LT. Moise H. Weil, USCGR - January 1944 -

LTjg. Pierce B. Ussell, USCGR -

LTjg. Albert H. Brodkin, USCGR - 1 December 1944 - 27 February 1946

LT. Ben E. Stone, USCGR - 27 February 1946 - 3 May 1946

USS LCI(L)-350 was assigned to the Europe- Africa-Middle East Theater, LCI Flotilla 4, Capt. M. E. Imlay, USCG in command, (Flotilla 10 at Normandy) and participated in the following campaigns:

**Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaigns**
Campaigns and Dates	Campaigns and Dates
North African occupation Tunisian operation, 1 June to 9 July 1943	Salerno landings, 9 September 1943 USS LCI(L)-350 proceeded to Plymouth, England in late October 1943 for training in preparation for the invasion of Normandy
Sicilian occupation, 9 July 1943	Invasion of Normandy landed troops on Utah Beach, 6 June 1944 and brought more troops from England in subsequent trips.

USS LCI(L)-350 departed Falmouth, England 5 October 1944, for Charleston, S.C. and a period of overhaul and repair.

USS LCI(L)-350 was assigned a new crew and subsequently reassigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater, LCI Flotilla 35

She proceeded to Little Creek, VA. for further overhaul and amphibious training at Solomon Island, MD.

Departed Norfolk, 26 December 1944, for San Diego via Key West and Canal Zone

Arriving at San Diego, 24 January 1945, USS LCI(L)-350 was attached to Commander, Training Command, Amphibious Forces, Pacific Fleet for training and final availability at the Naval Repair Base, San Diego, CA.

Departed San Diego, 3 April 1945, for Okinawa via Peal Harbor, Guam, Eniwetok and Ulithi, arriving, 29 May 1945 at Kerama Rhetto and participated in the following campaigns:

**Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns**
Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 29 May to 8 September 1945 - assigned to making smoke screens for larger vessels Following the War USS LCI(L)-350 proceeded to Wakayama, Japan for Occupation duty and Mine Destruction duty and participated in following campaigns:	Minesweeping Operations - Pacific Wakanoura-Kii (Honshu Area), 11 to 27 September 1945 Skagway (East China Sea-Ryukyu area), 27 October to 1 November 1945 damage by a typhoon grounded 17-18 September 1945

USS LCI(L)-350 departed Wakayama, 21 December 1945, for San Pedro, CA. via Kagoshima, Saipan, Eniwetok and Pearl Harbor, arriving, 14 March 1946

Decommissioned, 3 May 1946, at San Pedro, CA.

Struck from the Naval Register in 1946

Final Disposition, transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal, 23 June 1947, fate unknown

USS LCI(L)-350 six battle stars for World War II service

Specifications:
Displacement 216 t.(light), 234 t.(landing), 389 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 3 officer, 21 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

four single 20mm AA gun mounts one forward, one amidship, two aft

later added two .50 cal machine guns
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

Size	Image Description	Source
164k	USS LCI(L)-350 crew with boxing champion, CDR Jack Dempsey, (officer dress blues, center) in 1944.	Jerry Gilmartin MMC(SW) USN Ret. Secretary AFMM LCI 713, Curator PT-658 Save the PT Boat Inc, courtesy Dennis Blocker LCI National Association Historian
200k	USS LCI(L)-350 underway in column with USS LCI(L)-96 followed by an unidentified vessel, probably enroute to or from the Normandy beachhead in June 1944. USCG photo from the US Coast Guard Historian's Office collection.	Mike Green
60k	USS LCI(L)-350 underway, probably enroute to or from the Normandy beachhead in June 1944. USCG photo	Joe Radigan, MACM USN Ret
41k	USS LCI(L)-350 underway, probably enroute to or from the Normandy beachhead in June 1944. USCG photo	Joe Radigan, MACM USN Ret

The history for USS LCI(L)-350 is from "The Coast Guard At War, Transports and Escorts, Volume II"

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
No Information Available

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association
US Coast Guard Historian's Office - LCI(L)-350

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