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HM LCI(L)-254


LCI-1 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, date unknown, at New Jersey Shipbuilding Co., Barber, N.J.
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Leased to the United Kingdom, 4 January 1943, commissioned HM LCI(L)-254, LT. Guy Rounce RNVR, in command
  • LCI(L)-254 Departed the United States outbound for Gibraltar circa January 1943
  • LCI(L)-254 participated in Europe-Africa-Middle East operations including Mediterranean operations
  • The ship departed Falmouth, England, sometime after VE day, in 1945, for the Asiatic-Pacific theater
  • Returned to US Naval custody, 10 December 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Transferred to the State Department for disposal
  • Final Disposition, sold in August 1947, 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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    1015025401    		 137k With his ship, HM LCI(L)-254, in the background Commanding Officer LT. Guy Rounce, RNVR, fourth from the right, in khaki uniform, with a group of Queen Celese nurses, Port Said, 1944 Pauline Rigby for her father-in-law Colin Rigby CO LCI(L)-184
    LCI(L)-184
    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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