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Chaffinch (AMCU 18)
ex-LSI(L)-694
AMCU-7 Class Coastal Minesweeper (Underwater Locator): Laid down, 28 May 1944 by George Lawley and Son, Neponset, MA; Launched, 6 June 1944; Commissioned USS LSI(L)-694, 13 June 1944; Named Chaffinch and reclassified a Coastal Minesweeper (Underwater Locator), AMCU-18, 7 March 1952; Conversion to AMCU-18 began 21 September 1953 at the Puget Sound Naval Shipyard, Bremerton, WA; Conversion completed, 12 April 1954; Chaffinch was never recommissioned; Sold in 1960. Fate unknown.
LCI Specifications: Displacement 216 t.(light), 234 t.(landing), 389 t.(loaded); Length 158' 5½"; Beam 23' 3"; Draft, Light 3'1½" mean, Landing, 2' 8" forward, 41'10" aft, Landing, 5'4"forward, 5'11" aft; Speed 16 kts (max.), 14 kts maximum continuous; Complement two officer, 21 enlisted; Troop Capacity, six Officers, 182 Enlisted; Cargo Capacity, 75 tons; Armor, 2" plastic splinter protection on gun turrets, conning tower and pilot house; Endurance 4,000 miles at 12 kts, loaded, 500 miles at 15 knots; and 110 tons of fuel; Armament four single 20mm guns one forward, one amidship, two aft, later added two .50 cal. machine guns; Fuel Capacity, 130 tons, lube oil 200 gal.; Propulsion two sets of four General Motors diesels, 4 per shaft, 1,600 bhp, twin variable pitch propellers.
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