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AMPHIBIOUS SHIPS AND CRAFT

"LCI(L)" small infantry landing ships (1943-1944/1945)

DS-1 1945

Name No Yard No Builder Comm Fate
难-1 [DS-1] (ex-LCI(L)672)     George Lawley, Neponset, USA 4.1944 // 7.1945 sunk 18.8.1945
难-2 [DS-2] (ex-LCI(L)522), 3.1949- 氖-104 [DK-104]     New Jersey SB, Barber, USA 12.1943 // 7.1945 to USA 3.1955
难-3 [DS-3] (ex-LCI(L)523), 3.1949- 氖-105 [DK-105]     New Jersey SB, Barber, USA 12.1943 // 7.1945 to USA 3.1955
难-4 [DS-4] (ex-LCI(L)524), 3.1949- 氖-106 [DK-106]     New Jersey SB, Barber, USA 12.1943 // 7.1945 to USA 3.1955
难-5 [DS-5] (ex-LCI(L)525)     New Jersey SB, Barber, USA 12.1943 // 7.1945 sunk 18.8.1945
难-6 [DS-6] (ex-LCI(L)945), 3.1949- 氖-107 [DK-107]     Consolidated, Orange, USA 3.1944 // 7.1945 to USA 3.1955
难-7 [DS-7] (ex-LCI(L)527), 3.1949- 氖-91 [DK-91]     New Jersey SB, Barber, USA 1.1944 // 7.1945 to USA 3.1955
难-8 [DS-8] (ex-LCI(L)521), 3.1949- 氖-92 [DK-92]     New Jersey SB, Barber, USA 12.1943 // 7.1945 to USA 3.1955
难-9 [DS-9] (ex-LCI(L)554)     New Jersey SB, Barber, USA 2.1944 // 7.1945 sunk 18.8.1945
难-10 [DS-10] (ex-LCI(L)557), 3.1949- 氖-93 [DK-93]     New Jersey SB, Barber, USA 2.1944 // 7.1945 to USA 3.1955
难-31 [DS-31] (ex-LCI(L)593), 3.1949- 氖-31 [DK-31]     New Jersey SB, Barber, USA 4.1944 // 6.1945 stricken 7.1956
难-32 [DS-32] (ex-LCI(L)950), 3.1949- 氖-32 [DK-32]     Consolidated, Orange, USA 3.1944 // 6.1945 stricken 7.1956
难-33 [DS-33] (ex-LCI(L)587), 3.1949- 氖-33 [DK-33]     New Jersey SB, Barber, USA 4.1944 // 6.1945 stricken 7.1956
难-34 [DS-34] (ex-LCI(L)590), 3.1949- 氖-34 [DK-34]     New Jersey SB, Barber, USA 4.1944 // 6.1945 to USA 4.1955
难-35 [DS-35] (ex-LCI(L)591), 3.1949- 氖-35 [DK-35]     New Jersey SB, Barber, USA 4.1944 // 6.1945 stricken 7.1956
难-36 [DS-36] (ex-LCI(L)665), 3.1949- 氖-36 [DK-36]     George Lawley, Neponset, USA 3.1944 // 6.1945 to USA 7.1955
难-37 [DS-37] (ex-LCI(L)586), 3.1949- 氖-37 [DK-37]     New Jersey SB, Barber, USA 4.1944 // 6.1945 accommodation ship 11.1953
难-38 [DS-38] (ex-LCI(L)584), 3.1949- 氖-38 [DK-38]     New Jersey SB, Barber, USA 4.1944 // 6.1945 stricken 7.1956
难-39 [DS-39] (ex-LCI(L)592), 3.1949- 氖-39 [DK-39]     New Jersey SB, Barber, USA 4.1944 // 6.1945 stricken 7.1956
难-40 [DS-40] (ex-LCI(L)667), 3.1949- 氖-40 [DK-40]     George Lawley, Neponset, USA 3.1944 // 6.1945 to USA 7.1955
难-41 [DS-41] (ex-LCI(L)668), 3.1949- 氖-41 [DK-41]     George Lawley, Neponset, USA 3.1944 // 6.1945 stricken 7.1956
难-42 [DS-42] (ex-LCI(L)675), 3.1949- 氖-42 [DK-42]     George Lawley, Neponset, USA 4.1944 // 6.1945 stricken 7.1956
难-43 [DS-43] (ex-LCI(L)943)     Consolidated, Orange, USA 3.1944 // 6.1945 sunk 18.8.1945
难-44 [DS-44] (ex-LCI(L)949), 3.1949- 氖-44 [DK-44]     Consolidated, Orange, USA 3.1944 // 6.1945 to USA 7.1955
难-45 [DS-45] (ex-LCI(L)585), 3.1949- 氖-45 [DK-45]     New Jersey SB, Barber, USA 4.1944 // 6.1945 to USA 7.1955
难-46 [DS-46] (ex-LCI(L)526), 3.1949- 氖-94 [DK-94]     New Jersey SB, Barber, USA 12.1943 // 7.1945 to USA 7.1955
难-47 [DS-47] (ex-LCI(L)671)     George Lawley, Neponset, USA 4.1944 // 7.1945 sunk 18.8.1945
难-48 [DS-48] (ex-LCI(L)551), 3.1949- 氖-95 [DK-95]     New Jersey SB, Barber, USA 2.1944 // 7.1945 to USA 7.1955
难-49 [DS-49] (ex-LCI(L)946), 3.1949- 氖-96 [DK-96]     Consolidated, Orange, USA 3.1944 // 7.1945 to USA 7.1955
难-50 [DS-50] (ex-LCI(L)666), 3.1949- 氖-50 [DK-50]     George Lawley, Neponset, USA 3.1944 // 7.1945 accommodation ship 11.1953

 

Displacement standard, t

209

Displacement full, t

385

Length, m

46.6 wl 48.9 oa

Breadth, m

7.21

Draught, m

at landing 0.86 fore, 1.60 aft

No of shafts

2

Machinery

8 General Motors diesels

Power, h. p.

2320

Max speed, kts

15.5

Fuel, t

diesel oil 110

Endurance, nm(kts)

8000 (12)

Armament

5 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 4

Electronic equipment

presumably SO or SCR-517A radar
Military load

209 marines of 75 t of cargo

Complement

29

Project history: USN personnel landing crafts of LCI type, transferred to the USSR on lend-lease.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: DS-1, DS-5, DS-9, DS-43 and DS-47 were lost 18.8.1945 at landing on island Shumshu (Kuriles).

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