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USS LCI(L)-434

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Kilo - Lima - Whiskey
NKLW

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is top to bottom, from left to right
Top Row - Combat Action Ribbon (retroactive) - China Service Medal (extended)
Second Row - American Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal (3) - World War II Victory Medal
Third Row - Navy Occupation Service Medal (with Asia clasp) - Philippines Presidential Unit Citation - Philippine Liberation Medal (2)

LCI(L)-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):

Laid down, 22 April 1943, at New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber, N.J.

Launched, 3 July 1943

Commissioned USS LCI(L)-434, 24 July 1943

During World War II USS LCI(L)-434 was assigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater:
LCI Flotilla Five; and
LCI Flotilla Twenty Two (1944-45), CDR. Paul McD. Smith USN (1944) and CDR. Marion M. Byrd (1944-45) and participated in the following campaigns:

Campaign and Dates	Campaign and Dates
Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
Bismarck Archipelago operation Green Island landing, 15 to 19 February 1944	Consolidation and capture of the southern Philippines Mindanao Island landings, 17 to 23 April 1945
Luzon operation Lingayen Gulf landing, 9 to 18 February 1945

Following World War II USS LCI(L)-434 was assigned to Occupation and China service under the command of Commander Yangtze Patrol Force in the Far East for the following periods:

Navy Occupation Service Medal	China Service Medal (extended)
8 September to 20 December 1945	8 September to 20 December 1945

Decommissioned, date unknown

Struck from the Naval Register, 5 June 1946

Final Disposition, sold 13 November 1946, fate unknown

USS LCI(L)-434 earned three battle stars for service for World War II 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

Diesel 860 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

Size	Image Description	Source
182k	USS LCI(L)-434 beached at Cairns Australia in 1944.	Michael Muldoon for his father Joseph P. Muldoon QM2/c USS LCI(L)-434
473k	USS LCI(L)-434 beached in New Guinea in 1944.	Michael Muldoon for his father Joseph P. Muldoon QM2/c USS LCI(L)-434
220k	USS LCI(L)-434 beached while disembarking troops at Aitape, New Guinea in 1944.	Michael Muldoon for his father Joseph P. Muldoon QM2/c USS LCI(L)-434

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
LCI Flotilla 22
USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association

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Last updated 26 September 2014