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BDI1 large infantry landing craft (1942-1943/1948-1949)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
BDI1 (ex-LCI(L)583) Q54   New Jersey SB, Barber, USA 2.1944 28.3.1944 4.1944 // 1948 deleted 1991
BDI2 (ex-LCI(L)1067) Q55   Defoe, Bay City, USA 1944 1944 5.1944 // 1949 deleted 1961
BDI3 (ex-LCI(L)564) Q56   New Jersey SB, Barber, USA 1.1944 2.1944 3.1944 // 1949 deleted 1957
BDI4 (ex-LCI(L)606) Q57   New Jersey SB, Barber, USA 4.1944 5.1944 5.1944 // 1949 deleted 1967
BDI5 (ex-LCI(L)750) Q58   Commercial Iron Works, Portland, USA 3.1944 5.4.1944 4.1944 // 1948 deleted 1961
BDI6 (ex-LCI(L)746) Q59   Commercial Iron Works, Portland, USA 3.1944 3.1944 4.1944 // 1948 deleted 1961
BDI7 (ex-LCI(L)748) Q60   Commercial Iron Works, Portland, USA 3.1944 3.1944 4.1944 // 1948 deleted 1961
BDI8 (ex-LCI(L)734) Q61   Commercial Iron Works, Portland, USA 1.1944 2.1944 2.1944 // 1948 deleted 1949
BDI9 (ex-LCI(L)581) Q62   New Jersey SB, Barber, USA 2.1944 23.3.1944 3.1944 // 1948 deleted 1957
BDI10 (ex-LCI(L)688) Q63   George Lawley, Neponset, USA 5.1944 20.5.1944 5.1944 // 1948 deleted 1958
BDI11 (ex-LCI(L)737) Q64   Commercial Iron Works, Portland, USA 1.1944 13.2.1944 2.1944 // 1948 deleted 1957
BDI12 (ex-LCI(L)753) Q65   Commercial Iron Works, Portland, USA 3.1944 4.1944 4.1944 // 1948 deleted 1961
BDI13 (ex-LCI(L)1018) Q66   Albina, Portland, USA 1944 1944 4.1944 // 1948 deleted 1956
BDI14 (ex-LCI(L)1060) Q67   Defoe, Bay City, USA 1944 1944 4.1944 // 1948 deleted 1960
BDI15 (ex-LCI(L)689) Q68   George Lawley, Neponset, USA 5.1944 5.1944 5.1944 // 1949 deleted 1969


Technical data


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 10

Military load

209 marines of 75 t of cargo

Electronic equipmentpresumably SO or SCR-517A radar
Complement

29



Standard scale images


BDI1 1960
BDI1 1960


Project history

Former USN LCI(L) (landing craft, infantry, large).

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.