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USS LCI(L)-446


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Quebec - India - Bravo
 NQIB
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 - Philippines Liberation Medal (1)

LCI(L)-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large)
  • Laid down, 3 June 1943, at New Jersey Ship Building Corp., Barber, N.J.
  • Launched, 2 August 1943
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-446, 19 August 1943
  • During World War II USS LCI(L)-446 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:

    Asiatic-Pacific Campaigns
    Campaigns and Dates Campaigns and Dates
    Bismarck Archipelago operation
    Green Island landing, 15 to 19 February 1944     		Luzon operation
    Lingayen Gulf landings, 9 January 1945
    Western New Guinea operations
    Morotai landings, 15 September 1944     		 

  • Following World War II, USS LCI(L)-446 performed Occupation service in the Far East and China service under the command of Commander Yangtze Patrol Force for the following periods:

    Navy Occupation Service Medal
    China Service Medal (extended)
    9 to 30 September 19451 October to 21 December1945

  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • USS LCI(L)-446 earned three battle stars for World War II service
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission, 1 April 1948, for disposal
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
    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
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    LCI(L)-446 135k USS LCI(L)-446 beached, at Trinity Beach Area, Queensland, Australia, circa October 1944.
    Photos contributed by Brenda Russell Adkins for her father Fred. J. Russell USS LCI(L)-446>    		 Robert G. Morrissey
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    LCI(L)-446
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    AWM 081684    		 228k USS LCI(L)-446 transporting troops of the Australian 2/14th Infantry Battalion to the Trinity Beach area, Queensland, Australia during amphibious training exercises, 12 October 1944.
    From the Australian War Memorial, Accession Number 081684 (colorized for clarity), 081452, 081453 (colorozed for clarity), 081684. 081685.    		 David Upton
    LCI(L)-446
    1015044604
    AWM 081452    		 727k
    LCI(L)-446
    1015044605
    AWM 081453.    		 181k
    LCI(L)-446
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    AWM 081684.    		 230k
    LCI(L)-446
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    AWM 081685.    		 230k
    The history for LCI(L)-446 is from USS LCI "Landing Craft Infantry", Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1995. (ISBN 1-56311-262-0)
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    History of LCI Flotilla 22
    USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association
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