NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp.	Fate
LCI(L)120			Bethlehem, Hingham, USA	10.1942	11.12.1942	1.1943 // 12.1945	to USA 3.1946
LCI(L)173			Federal, Newark, USA	9.1942	11.11.1942	11.1942 // 1946	to USA 3.1946
LCI(L)231			George Lawley, Neponset, USA	11.1942	5.1.1943	1.1943 // 1946	to USA 3.1946
LCI(L)244			New Jersey SB, Barber, USA	8.1942	12.9.1942	10.1942	to USA 5.1946
LCI(L)261			New Jersey SB, Barber, USA	10.1942	19.3.1943	3.1943 // 1946	to USA 3.1946
LCI(L)265			New Jersey SB, Barber, USA	11.1942	23.12.1942	1.1943 // 1946	to USA 12.1946
LCI(L)267			New Jersey SB, Barber, USA	11.1942	16.1.1943	2.1943 // 1946	to USA 3.1946
LCI(L)279			New Jersey SB, Barber, USA	12.1942	30.1.1943	2.1943 // 1946	to USA 3.1946
LCI(L)286			New Jersey SB, Barber, USA	1.1943	17.2.1943	3.1943 // 1946	to USA 3.1946
LCI(L)287			New Jersey SB, Barber, USA	1.1943	12.3.1943	3.1943 // 1946	to USA 3.1946
LCI(L)312			New Jersey SB, Barber, USA	3.1943	30.3.1943	4.1943 // 1946	to USA 3.1946

Technical data

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	8 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 1946: 1 x 1 - 40/39 Mk VIII, 3 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III
Military load	188 troops or 75 t of cargo
Electronic equipment	some: SO or SCR-517A radar
Complement	24

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Project history

LCI(L) were built in the USA and delivered by lend-lease. 30 craft were transferred to Canada. 20 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.