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HM LCI(L)-184

LCI-1 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, 3 June 1943, location unknown
  • Launched, 21 December 1943
  • Leased to the United Kingdom, 31 December 1942, commissioned HM LCI(L)-184, LT. Colin E. Rigby RNVR, in command
  • LCI(L)-184 Departed the United States outbound for Gibraltar circa January 1943
  • LCI(L)-184 participated in Europe-Africa-Middle East operations including Mediterranean operations
  • The ship departed Falmouth, England, sometime after VE in 1945, for the Asiatic-Pacific theater
  • Returned to US Naval custody, 27 February 1946
  • Struck From the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Final Disposition, sold by the Maritime Commission, 1 March 1948, fate unknown
    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)-184
    1015018401    		 187k HM LCI(L)-184 beached at Valletta, Malta in 1944. Pauline Rigby for her father-in-law Colin Rigby CO LCI(L)-184
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    1015018402    		 404k HM LCI(L)-184 crew photo, Valletta, Malta 1944, Commanding Officer, LT. Colin Elston Rigby RNVR, front row, 2nd from right. Pauline Rigby for her father-in-law Colin E. Rigby CO LCI(L)-184
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    1015018407    		 220k HM LCI(L)-184 partial crew photo, Valletta, Malta, 1944. Pauline Rigby for her father-in-law Colin E. Rigby CO LCI(L)-184
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    1015018408    		 296k HM LCI(L)-184 tea on deck, Valletta, Malta, 1944. Pauline Rigby for her father-in-law Colin E. Rigby CO LCI(L)-184
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    1015018405    		 251k HM LCI(L)-184 at speed, date and location unknown. Pauline Rigby for her father-in-law Colin E. Rigby CO LCI(L)-184
    LCI(L)-184
    1015018406    		 243k HM LCI(L)-184 partial crew photo, date and location unknown. Pauline Rigby for her father-in-law Colin E. Rigby CO LCI(L)-184
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    1015018403    		 502k Left to right, HM LCI(L)-184 Commanding Officer, LT. Colin Elston Rigby RNVR, HM LCI(L)-254 Commanding Officer,LT. Guy Rounce, RNVR, and LT. Jimmy Reid, RNVR, in Egypt during 1945. Pauline Rigby for her father-in-law Colin E. Rigby CO LCI(L)-184
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