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HM LCI(L)-268


LCI-1 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, date unknown, at New Jersey Shipbuilding Co., Barber, N.J.
  • Launched, date unknown
  • Transferred, 19 January 1943, under terms of the Lend-Lease Act to the United Kingdom
  • Commissioned into the Royal Navy as HM LCI(L)-268, date unknown
  • Returned to US Naval custody, 20 March 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal
  • Final Disposition, sold, 11 March 1946, 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)-268
    1015026801    		 297k Painting of HM LCI(L)-268 during the evacuation of Hvar crossing the Adriatic Sea in 90 mph gale with 627 women and children and 15 mortally wounded male and female Partisans on board. The Partisans were tied to the decks with rope and were given morphine injections by members of the crew. During passage ship’s maximum roll was measured and found to be 65 degrees. Dave Lowry
    The history for LCI(L)-268 is a Transcript from a note typed by her Commanding Officer LT. L. H. Dearne RNVR
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association
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