Please report any broken links or trouble you might come across to the Webmaster. Please take a moment to let us know so that we can correct any problems and make your visit as enjoyable and as informative as possible.

NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive

USS LCI(R)-337
ex
USS LCI(L)-337 (1942 - 1945)

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Juliet - Sierra - Quebec
NJSQ

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - China Service Medal (extended)
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (8) - World War II Victory Medal
Third Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippines Liberation Medal (2)

LCI-1 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):

Laid down, 22 September 1942, at Brown Shipbuilding Co., Houston, TX.

Launched, 21 October 1942

Commissioned USS LCI(L)-337, 21 December 1942

During World War II USS LCI(L)-337 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LCI Flotilla Seven;
LCI Group Nineteen and participated in the following campaigns:

Campaigns and Dates	Campaigns and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Eastern New Guinea operations Lae occupation, 4 to 6 and 9 to 13 September 1943	Luzon operation Mindoro landings, 12 to 18 December 1944 Lingayen Gulf landings, 4 to 18 January 1945
Bismarck Archipelago operation Cape Gloucester, New Britain, 26 to 27 December 1943	Manila Bay - Bicol operations Zambales-Subic Bay, 29 to 31 January 1945 Mariveles-Corregidor, 14 to 28 February 1945
Hollandia operation, 21 to 25 April 1944	Consolidation and occupation of the Southern Philippines Mindanao Island landings, 10 and 16 March, and 17 to 23 April 1945
Leyte operation Leyte landings, 12 October to 29 November 1944 Ormoc Bay landings, 7 to 8 December 1944	Borneo operation Balikpapan operation, 26 June to 7 July 1945

USS LCI(L)-337 was redesignated Landing Ship Infantry (Rocket) LCI(R)-337, 10 July 1945

Following World War II USS LCI(R)-337 was assigned to Occupation and China service in the Far East for the following period:

Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
29 September to 14 December 1945	29 September to 14 December 1945

Decommissioned, date unknown

Struck from the Naval Register in January 1946

USS LCI(L)-337 / USS LCI(R)-337 earned eight battle stars for World War II service

Final Disposition, sold in November 1947, probably as part of the purchase by the Oklahoma-Philippines Co. in what was referred to as the "Berry sale"

Specifications:
Displacement 216 t.(light), 234 t.(landing); 389 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

3 Officers

21 Enlisted

LCI(R) Complement

3 Officers

31 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

four single 20mm guns one forward, one amidship, two aft

two .50 cal machine guns

LCI(R) Armament

one 40mm bow mounted gun mount

four 20mm guns

two .50 cal machine guns

six 5" rocket launchers

Fuel Capacity

Diesel 935 Bbls

lube oil 200 gal

Propulsion

two sets of 4 General Motors 6051 series 71 Diesel engines, 4 per shaft

single General Motors Main reduction gears

two Diesel-drive 30Kw 120V D.C. Ship's Service Generators

twin variable pitch propellers, 2,320shp

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description	Source
	161k	USS LCI-337 offloading Marines, 26 December 1943, at Yellow Beach Two during the Cape Gloucester invasion. The morning began with pre-invasion shelling by the heavy cruisers HMAS Australia and HMAS Shropshire, light cruisers *USS Phoenix* (CL-46) and USS Nashville (CL-43)**, and accompanying DD’s. Officially part of task unit 76.1.32, LCI 337 and her five company ships delivered elements of Marine combat teams “B” and “C”. Offload began around 0740 the day after Christmas. The LCI’s were complete with their mission about an hour later and departed the invasion beaches to make room for the LST’s.	Brian Miller
1015033711	137k	USS LCI(L)-337 beached while troops disembark, date and location unknown.	Shawn Callaghan in honor of his father PFC Charles H Callaghan, H&S 1st Eng Bn. 1st Marine Division
	763k	From left to right: USS LCI(L)-340 USS LCI(L)-338 USS LCI(L)-341 USS LCI(L)-71 USS LCI(L)-337 beached in the Philippine Islands after a day of invasion practice, date and location unknown.	Harry W. Ritzel CMOMM USS LCI(L)-341
	142k	*USS Sonoma* (ATO-12) on fire after being hit by a Japanese kamikaze bomber, 24 October 1944, at San Pedro Bay, Leyte Gulf. USS Chickasaw (ATF-83)** and USS LCI(L)-72 are assisting in the fire fighting futile effort while USS LCI(L)-337 is coming alongside to help evacuate casualties. US National Archives, Photo No. 80-G-325818, a US Navy photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.	Mike Green
	137k	USS LCI(R)-337 moored in New Guinea in August 1945. MoMM L. Simimox and PhM Leonard George on ramp. Photo by Arthur Levine, GM2/c.	Donated by Marc S. Levine in honor of his father Arthur Levine, GM2/c USS LCI(R)-337
	142k	USS LCI(R)-337 and USS LCI(G)-64 in dry dock at Subic Bay in August 1945 for repairs	Frank M. LeTarte S1/c USNR USS LCI(G)-64
	39k	USS LCI(R)-337 firing her rockets, date and location unknown	Jill Will for her father LTjg. Clarke Brooke LCI(L)-337
	125k	USS LCI(R)-337, grounded at Okinawa as result of Typhoon Louise on 9 October 1945. Note the hole in her port side. In the background is *APL-14* non-self propelled barracks craft. Photo by Arthur Levine, GM2/c	Donated by Marc S. Levine in honor of his father Arthur Levine, GM2 USS LCI(R)-337
	1106k	USS LCI(G)-463 and USS LCI(R)-337 high and dry at Buckner Bay, Okinawa, after Typhoon Louise blew thorough the port on 9 October 1945.	Donn Cuson
	84k	USS LCI(R)-337 beached and grounded in Buckner Bay, Okinawa, after Typhoon Louise ravaged that port in October 1945. Photographed in November 1945. Beyond USS LCI(R)-337 is *USS Ocelot* (IX-110), whose stern was severed by USS Nestor (ARB-6), visible above the stern of LCI(R)-337. Beyond Nestor is the wreck of YF-1079, ex LST-39, and beyond the bow of LCI(R)-337 is YF-993** high and dry. US Naval History and Heritage Command photo # 105654, from the collection of Dr. Richard Raymond Gratton (1915-1990), donated by his daughter, Barbara Gratton Stillwater, 2008	Donated by Marc S. Levine in honor of his father Arthur Levine, GM2 USS LCI(R)-337
	441k	USS LCI(R)-337 (center) with the stern of USS LCI(G)-463 visible at right. In the background is *USS Nestor* (ARB-6)** with USS APL-14 astern of her. All were ravaged and run aground by Typhoon Louise at Buckner Bay, Okinawa, in October 1945. US Navy photo	Donn Cuson
	481k	In the foreground is a section of *YF-776, and far right USS LCI(R)-337. In the background, USS Ocelot* (IX-110) and USS Nestor (ARB-6)** with unidentified sunken tug alongside, all either destroyed or run aground by Typhoon Louise at Buckner Bay, Okinawa, in October 1945. US Navy photo	Donn Cuson Donald Wilt
	206k		Donn Cuson Donald Wilt
1015033712	104k	GM2/c Arthur Levine loading USS LCI(R)-337 40mm bow gun with ammunition, date and location unknown.	Donated by Marc S. Levine in honor of his father Arthur Levine, GM2 USS LCI(R)-337
1015033710	373k	Undated USS LCI(R)-337 crew photo, Arthur Levine BM2 is standing on the left next to the two 55 gal. drums.	Donated by Marc S. Levine in honor of his father Arthur Levine, GM2 USS LCI(R)-337
1015033713	212k	Undated USS LCI(R)-337 shipmates photo.	Photo by Arthur Levine, GM2 USS LCI(R)-337, donated by Marc S. Levine