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USS LCI(M)-351
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USS LCI(G)-351 (1944 - 1945)
USS LCI(L)-351 (1943 - 1944)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Hotel - Xray - Lima
NHXL

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (2) - World War II Victory Medal

LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):

Laid down, 5 March 1943, at George Lawley & Sons Shipbuilding Corp., Neponset, MA.

Launched, 8 April 1943

Commissioned USS LCI(L)-351, 14 May 1943

Redesignated Landing Craft Infantry (Gunboat) USS LCI(G)-351, 31 December 1944

Redesignated Landing Craft Infantry (Mortar) USS LCI(M)-351, 30 April 1945

During World War II USS LCI(G)-351 / LCI(M)-351 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 Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 26 March to 14 June 1945	Okinawa Gunto operation Assault and occupation of Okinawa Gunto, 26 March to 14 June 1945

Decommissioned, date unknown

Struck from the Naval Register in 1946

Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 22 March 1948, for disposal

Final Disposition, fate unknown

USS LCI(G)-351 / LCI(M)-351 earned two battle stars 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 4.2mm chemical mortars mounted in three 4ft x 4ft wooden walled 2" x 6" high sand boxes on the well deck with the three tripod mortar tubes in position to fire forward over the bow, 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

Size	Image Description	Source
123k	Stern view of USS LCI(L)-351 while moored at George Lawley & Sons Shipbuilding Corp., Neponset, MA. in May 1943. George Lawley & Sons Shipbuilding Corp. photo now in the collections of the US National Archives	Jerry Gilmartin AFMM secretary LCI713 restoration crew
157k	USS LCI(L)-351 underway off Boston, 20 May 1943. Note her new high round bridge structure, relocated 20 mm guns, and an enlarged deckhouse. Later a fifth 20 mm gun was added atop the forecastle. US Navy photo. Text from "U.S. Amphibious Ships and Craft: An Illustrated Design History" by Norman Friedman.	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
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187k	USS LCI(R)-351 underway, off Okinawa, date unknown. US Navy photo	courtesy Floating Drydock.