USS LCI(L)-367

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

The ship was laid down on 26 July 1943 by George Lawley & Son shipyard in Neponset, Massachusetts.

Campaigns
  • Assault, capture and occupation of Okinawa Japan. May 14 to June 30, 1945.[3]

Crew

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
  1. "Shooting down suicide bombers was 'harrowing'". The Desert Sun. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  2. "USS LC(FF)-367". NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive. Navsource. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  3. "USS LC(FF)-367". NavSource Online: Amphibious Photo Archive. Navsource. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  4. "Ships Newspaper" (PDF). Cats Meow (Ships' Newspaper). Navsource. Retrieved 19 July 2015.


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