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HM LCI(L)-294


LCI(L)-294 was transferred to the United Kingdom for the duration of World War II
LCI-1 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down in 1943, at New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber, N.J.
  • Launched in 1943
  • Delivered under terms of the Lend-Lease Act to the United Kingdom, 30 March 1943, commissioned HM LCI(L)-294
  • Returned to US Naval custody, 23 September 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal
  • Final Disposition, sold 12 November 1947, fate unknown
    Specifications:
    Displacement 216 t.(light), 234 t.(landing), 389 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 3 officer, 21 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 four single 20mm guns one forward, one amidship, two aft, later added two .50 cal machine guns
    Fuel Capacity 130 tons, lube oil 200 gal.
    Propulsion two sets of 4 GM diesels, 4 per shaft, BHP 1,600, twin variable pitch propellers
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    LCI(L)-316 896k HM LCI(L)-294 and HM LCI(L)-316 berthed side by side, date and location unknown. Ken Booker for his father Able Seaman Henry Booker HM LCI(L)-316
    LCI(L)-294 868k HM LCI(L)-294 crew photo, date and location unknown. 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
    LCI(L)-294 277k HM LCI(L)-294's football team, date and location unknown. 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
    LST-394
    1016039403    		 170k USS LST-394 and HM LCI(L)-294 beached in the Port of Anzio, Italy, 14 April 1944.
    Frames from a short film named "Activities of US Navy Salvage Units on Beachhead. Anzio, Italy", National Archives Identifier 76233. Local ID: 428-NPC-1856    		 David Upton
    LST-394
    1016039404    		 175k
    The history for LCI(L)-294 is from USS LCI "Landing Craft Infantry", Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1995. (ISBN 1-56311-262-0)
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