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HM LCI(L)-187

LCI-1 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):

Laid down in 1942, location unknown

Launched in 1943

Leased to the United Kingdom and commissioned into the Royal Navy as HM LCI(L)-187, 20 January 1943

Returned to US Naval custody, 21 May 1946

Struck From the Naval Register, date unknown

Final Disposition, sold by the Maritime Commission, 9 January 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

Click On Image For Full Size Image	Size	Image Description		Source
	449k	HM LCI(L)-187 moored pierside, date and location unknown. Note the British low conning tower and two masts with no yardarm.		Jerry Gilmartin MMC(SW) USN Ret. Secretary AFMM LCI 713, Curator PT-658 Save the PT Boat Inc, courtesy Dennis Blocker LCI National Association Historian
	1343k	British LCI Flotilla at Sousse, Tunisia loading troops, probably for the Sicily occupation in July 1943. LCI(L)'s present include: HM LCI(L)-126 HM LCI(L)-307 HM LCI(L)-318 HM LCI(L)-187 HM LCI(L)-299 and HM LCI(L)-291		Jerry Gilmartin MMC(SW) USN Ret. Secretary AFMM LCI 713, Curator PT-658 Save the PT Boat Inc, courtesy Dennis Blocker LCI National Association Historian

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