USS LCI(L)-367
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The LCI 367 was commissioned August 23, 1943 and decommissioned October 2, 1946. It was a landing craft flotilla ship commanded by Lieutenant Saul Charles Smiley USNR.[1] The LCI was part of Group eleven, Flotilla four, and most notably was part of the capture and occupation of Okinawa during World War II.[2]
History
[edit]The ship was laid down on 26 July 1943 by George Lawley & Son shipyard in Neponset, Massachusetts.
Campaigns
[edit]- Assault, capture and occupation of Okinawa Japan. May 14 to June 30, 1945.[3]
Crew
[edit]Known crewmen to have served on the LCI 367 include:[4]
- Edward Harrison Able
- Warren Webster Dark
- Francis Xavier Fenton
- Edward Harrison Fenton
- Vasillios Emmanuel Georgiades
- William Bruce Glass
- Ray Morgan
- Andrew Joseph Milanese
- Umberto Bonosoro
- Ralph Chester Brown
- Lilton Lewis Butler
- Gertha Geroy Gannon
- Anthony Joseph Columbus
- Andrew Joseph Milanese
- Richard Joseph Gasar
- George Roy Gullion
- Robert Ellsworth Haupt
- James Hobbs
- Frederick Curtis Jewel
- Leonard Granville Marshal
- Pete Paulus
- Edward Joseph Porambo
- Harold Eugene McCauslin
- Doland James Preston
- Harry Ferguson Taylor
- Virgil Gale Whitmyer
- Charles Edward Younger
- Lt. Harris Brown
References
[edit]- ^ "Shooting down suicide bombers was 'harrowing'". The Desert Sun. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
- ^ "USS LC(FF)-367". NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive. Navsource. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
- ^ "USS LC(FF)-367". NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive. Navsource. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
- ^ "Ships Newspaper" (PDF). Cats Meow (Ships' Newspaper). Navsource. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
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