NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
서울 [Seoul] (ex-LCI(M)594, ex-LCI(L)594)	101		New Jersey SB, Barber, USA	3.1944	17.4.1944	4.1944 // 9.1946	stricken 1959
진주 [Jinju] (ex-LCI(G)516, ex-LCI(L)516)	102		New Jersey SB, Barber, USA	11.1943	12.1943	12.1943 // 9.1946	stricken 1959
춘천 [Chuncheon] (ex-LCI(G/M)...)	103		USA			1943-45 // 12.1946	stricken 1959
청주[Cheongju] (ex-LCI(G/M)...)	104		USA			1943-45 // 11.1946	stricken 1959
청진 [Cheongjin] (ex-LCI(M)1056, ex-LCI(G)1056, ex-LCI(L)1056)	105		Defoe, Bay City, USA	1944	1944	4.1944 // 1949	stricken 1962
진남포 [Jinnampo] (ex-LCI(G/M)...)	106		USA			1943-45 // 12.1946	stricken 1959

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	209
Displacement full, t	385
Length, m	46.6 wl 48.9 oa
Breadth, m	7.21
Draught, m	1.80
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	LCI(G): 2 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 3 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 6 x 1 - 12.7/90, 10 x 1 Mk 7 rocket launchers (variant 1) or 3 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 5 x 1 - 12.7/90, 8 x 1 Mk 7 rocket launchers (variant 2) or 3 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 10 x 1 Mk 7 rocket launchers (variant 3) or 1 x 1 - 76/50 Mk 22, 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 10 x 1 - 12.7/90 (variant 4) or 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 3 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 24 x 1 Mk 7 rocket launchers (variant 5) LCI(M): 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 3 x 1 - 107/9.5 chemical mortars
Electronic equipment	presumably SO or SCR-517A radar
Complement	LCI(G): 70 LCI(M): 53

Project history

Former USN LCI(L) type infantry landing craft, converted for fire support.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.