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LSI(L) large infantry landing craft (1942-1943, 1942-1943/1943-1944)

LCI(L)374 1943

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp. // Comm. by RN Fate
LCH100 (ex-LCI(L)100)     Bethlehem, Hingham, USA 8.1942 15.10.1942 11.1942 to USA 3.1946
LCI(L)115     Bethlehem, Hingham, USA 9.1942 5.12.1942 12.1942 // 1.1944 to UK 9.1944
LCI(L)117     Bethlehem, Hingham, USA 10.1942 7.12.1942 1.1943 // 12.1943 to UK 8.1944
LCI(L)118     Bethlehem, Hingham, USA 10.1942 8.12.1942 1.1943 // 1.1944 to UK 8.1944
LCI(L)121     Bethlehem, Hingham, USA 10.1942 14.12.1942 1.1943 // 12.1943 to UK 8.1944
LCI(L)127     Bethlehem, Hingham, USA 10.1942 29.12.1942 1.1943 // 1.1943 to USA 3.1946
LCI(L)135     Bethlehem, Hingham, USA 12.1942 13.1.1943 2.1943 // 1.1944 to UK 9.1944
LCI(L)166     Federal, Newark, USA 8.1942 17.10.1942 11.1942 // 12.1943 to UK 8.1944
LCI(L)177     Federal, Newark, USA 9.1942 27.11.1942 12.1942 // 12.1943 to UK 9.1944
LCI(S)243 (ex-LCI(L)243)     New Jersey SB, Barber, USA 8.1942 12.9.1942 11.1942 to USA 9.1947
LCI(L)249     New Jersey SB, Barber, USA 10.1942 15.12.1942 12.1942 // 12.1943 to UK 9.1944
LCI(L)250     New Jersey SB, Barber, USA 10.1942 16.12.1942 12.1942 // 1.1944 to UK 8.1944
LCI(L)252     New Jersey SB, Barber, USA 9.1942 18.10.1942 12.1942 // 1.1944 to UK 9.1944
LCI(L)260     New Jersey SB, Barber, USA 10.1942 13.3.1943 3.1943 to France 1.1948 (L9048)
LCI(L)262     New Jersey SB, Barber, USA 10.1942 17.12.1942 1.1943 // 1.1944 to UK 9.1944
LCI(L)263     New Jersey SB, Barber, USA 10.1942 18.12.1942 1.1943 // 1.1944 to UK 9.1944
LCI(L)264     New Jersey SB, Barber, USA 11.1942 22.12.1942 1.1943 // 1.1943 stricken 12.1946
LCI(L)266     New Jersey SB, Barber, USA 11.1942 6.1.1943 1.1943 // 12.1943 to UK 9.1944
LCI(L)270     New Jersey SB, Barber, USA 11.1942 12.1.1943 1.1943 // 3.1943 to UK 9.1944
LCI(L)271     New Jersey SB, Barber, USA 11.1942 29.1.1943 2.1943 // 3.1944 to UK 9.1944
LCI(L)276     New Jersey SB, Barber, USA 12.1942 18.2.1943 3.1943 // 9.1943 to UK 8.1944
LCI(L)277     New Jersey SB, Barber, USA 12.1942 26.2.1943 3.1943 // 1.1944 to UK 9.1944
LCI(L)285     New Jersey SB, Barber, USA 1.1943 24.2.1943 3.1943 // 12.1943 to USA 9.1944
LCI(L)288     New Jersey SB, Barber, USA 1.1943 27.2.1943 3.1943 // 3.1944 to UK 9.1944
LCI(L)295     New Jersey SB, Barber, USA 2.1943 27.3.1943 4.1943 // 3.1944 to UK 9.1944
LCI(L)298     New Jersey SB, Barber, USA 10.1942 21.11.1942 1.1943 // 12.1943 to UK 9.1944
LCI(L)299     New Jersey SB, Barber, USA 10.1942 21.11.1942 1.1943 // 1.1944 to UK 9.1944
LCI(L)301     New Jersey SB, Barber, USA 10.1942 21.11.1942 2.1943 // 12.1943 to UK 8.1944
LCI(L)305     New Jersey SB, Barber, USA 2.1943 9.3.1943 3.1943 // 2.1944 to UK 9.1944
LCI(L)306     New Jersey SB, Barber, USA 2.1943 26.3.1943 4.1943 // 9.1943 to UK 9.1944
LCI(L)310     New Jersey SB, Barber, USA 2.1943 31.3.1943 4.1943 // 3.1944 to UK 9.1944
LCH317 (ex-LCI(L)317)     New Jersey SB, Barber, USA 11.1942 12.12.1942 2.1943 // 1.1944 to USA 4.1946

Displacement standard, t

194

Displacement full, t

387

Length, m

48.3

Breadth, m

 7.21

Draught, m

0.81 fore, 1.52 aft landing

No of shafts

 2

Machinery

2 diesels

Power, h. p.

 2320

Max speed, kts

15.5

Fuel, t

diesel oil 120
Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

1 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII, 3 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV
Military load

188 troops or 75 t of cargo
Electronic equipment presumably SO or SCR-517A radar

Complement

24

Project history: LCI(L) were built in the USA and delivered by lend-lease. Some converted to command and control ships differed slightly, basically by an additional communication facility, were designated as LCH.  

Modernizations:  None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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