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USS LCI(L)-361


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Hotel - Yankee - India
 NHYI
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (4) - World War II Victory Medal - Philippine Liberation Medal (1)
LCI(L)-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, 11 June 1943, at George Lawley & Sons Shipbuilding Corp., Neponset, MA.
  • Launched, 9 July 1943
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-361, 23 July 1943
  • During World War II USS LCI(L)-361 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater and participated in the following campaigns:
    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    Eastern New Guinea operation
    Saidor occupation, 25 to 27 February 1944     		Western New Guinea operation
    Biak Island operation, 27 to 28 May 1944
    Morotai landings, 15 September 1944
    Hollandia operation
    21 to 25 April 1944     		Leyte operation
    Leyte landings, 12 October to 29 November 1944

  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, sold in December 1946, fate unknown
  • USS LCI(L)-361 received four battle stars for WWII 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
    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 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)-361 704k USS LCI(L)-361 conning tower, July 1943, George Lawley & Sons Shipbuilding Corp., Neponset, MA. 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
    LCI(L)-361 30k USS LCI(L)-361 off the coast of Aitape, New Guinea, circa 10 September 1944. Joseph P. Lucey MoMM 1/c USS LCI(L)-361
    LCI(L)-30 745k USS LCI(L)-361 and USS LCI(L)-30 along with other LCIs putting troops ashore in New Guinea, date and location unknown.
    US Army Signal Corps photos # SIG C 213-18.    		 Dave Kerr
    The history for USS LCI(L)-361 is from USS LCI "Landing Craft Infantry", Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1995. (ISBN 1-56311-262-0)
    View the Task Group 70.4 Summary Report located at Navsource.
    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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    Last Updated 28 August 2009