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HM LCI(L)-15
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 USS LCI(L)-15 (1942 - 1944)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Xray - Uniform - Mike
 NXUM
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (5) - World War II Victory Medal

USS LCI(L)-15 transferred to the United Kingdom in October 1944 for the duration of World War II
LCI-1 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down in September 1942 at New York Shipbuilding Corp, Camden, N.J.
  • Launched in October 1942
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-15, 5 November 1942
  • During World War II USS LCI(L)-15 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater as a unit of LCI Flotilla 2 and participated in the following campaigns:

    Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaigns
    Campaign and Dates Campaign and Dates
    North African occupation
    Tunisian operations, 27 March to 9 July 1943     		West coast of Italy operations-1944
    Anzio-Nettuno advanced landing 22 January to 30 January 1944
    Sicilian occupation, 9 to 15 July 1943 Invasion of Normandy, 6 to 25 June 1944
    Salerno landings, 9 to 21 September 1943  

  • Decommissioned and leased to the United Kingdom, 18 October 1944, commissioned HM LCI(L)-15
  • Returned to US Naval custody, 4 May 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Transferred to the State Department, 13 February 1948, for disposal
  • Final Disposition, fate unknown
  • USS LCI(L)-15 received five battle stars for WWII service
    Specifications:
    Displacement 236 t.(light), 264 t.(landing), 419 t.(loaded)
    Length 158' 5½"
    Beam 23' 3"
    Draft
    Light, 3'1½" mean
    Landing, 2' 8" forward, 4' 10" aft
    Loaded, 5' 4" forward, 5' 11" aft
    Speed
    16 kts (max.)
    14 kts maximum continuous
    Complement
    4 officers
    24 enlisted
    Troop Capacity
    6 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
    five single 20mm guns, one bow mounted, one each port and starboard forward of wheelhouse, one each port and starboard aft of wheelhouse
    on some LCIs two .50 cal machine guns were added
    Fuel Capacity
    Diesel 860 Bbls
    lube oil 200 gal
    Propulsion
    two sets of 4 General Motors 6051 series 71 Diesel engines, 4 per shaft
    single General Motors Main reduction gears
    two Diesel-drive 30Kw 120V D.C. Ship's Service Generators
    twin variable pitch propellers, 2,320shp
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    LCI(L)-14
    III-SC 182820, Box 187    		 1431k From left to right; USS LCI(L)-14, USS LCI(L)-15) and USS LCI(L)-16) loading Army Engineers at Termini-Imerese, Sicily, to reinforce the 5th Army during the Salerno landings, 14 September 1943.
    US National Archives photos # III-SC 182820, Box 187 and III-SC 182822, US Army Signal Corps. photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 Dave Kerr
    LCI(L)-14
    III-SC 182822, Box 187    		 1411k
    The history for USS LCI(L)-15 is from USS LCI "Landing Craft Infantry", Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1995. (ISBN 1-56311-262-0)
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    Official Report of the - Mining of LCI(L)-237
    USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association
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