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HMC LCI(L)-299
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HM LCI(L)-299
LCI(L)-299

LCI-1 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):

Laid down in 1942 at New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber, N.J.

Launched in 1943

LCI(L)-299 never saw active service in the US Navy

Delivered under terms of the Lend-Lease Act to the United Kingdom, 25 January 1943, commissioned HM LCI(L)-299

Temporary custody to Canada, commissioned HMC LCI(L)-299, 29 January 1944, LT. William B. McGregor RCNVR (Temp.) in command

During World War II HMC LCI(L)-299, was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater 2nd Canadian LCI Flotilla (Royal Navy Flotilla 262) and participated in the following campaign:

Campaign and Dates
Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign
Invasion of Normandy, 6 to 25 June 1944 *Troops Embarked,* Stormont Dundas Glengarry Highlanders of Canada *Damage Sustained in Landing,* Mined on port side, holing engine room and mess deck

Decommissioned by the Canadian Navy, 1 September 1944, returned to the Royal Navy

Recommissioned into the Royal Navy and reassigned to the Asiatic-Pacific Theater

Returned to US Naval custody, 14 March 1946 at Subic Bay, P.I.

Transferred to France in 1946 designated LC-1299 used for spare parts

Struck from the Naval Register, 17 April 1946.

Final Disposition, scrapped, date 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	Contributed By
HM-LCI(L)-299
	1054k	British LCI Flotilla loading troops of the Seaforth Highlanders, probably for the Sicily operation in July 1943. LCI(L)'s present include: HM LCI(L)-278 HM LCI(L)-249 HM LCI(L)-299 and HM LCI(L)-132	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
1015029907	434k	HMC LCI(L)-299 probably off the coast of Sicily, during the Sicilian campaign, July-August 1943. Note she appears to have casualties onboard being treated by crew menbers. Time-Life photo # 110872857 by Time-Life photographer Mansell. For personal non-commercial use only.	David Upton
HMC-LCI(L)-299
	95k	HMC LCI(L)-299 of the 2nd Canadian LCi Flotilla (Royal Navy LCI Flotilla 262) loaded with the Stormont Dundas Glengarrian Highlanders of Canada approaching the invasion beaches at Normandy, 6 June 1944. This photo shows one to the basic principles used to keeping landing casualties to a minimum. As the landing craft approached the beach, troops moved to the stern and the bows came will up in the water. There were many beach obstructions inshore, and the landing craft, with its double bottom, would ram them, ride over them and land the troops with the least possible human loss. Photo from H.M.C.S. One photographer's impressions of the Royal Canadian Navy in World War II.	Ed Storey
	130k	HMC LCI(L)-299 making the assault landing with the Canadian Stormont Dundas Glengarrian Highlanders of the Ninth Brigade, Third Infantry Division on Nan White Sector of Juno Beach in Normandy (Bernieres-Sur-Mer) on 6 June 1944. This is a famous picture in Canada showing the house which is still there and appears in "Far Distant Ships".	Capt. Gordon G. Armstrong RCN Ret.
	115k	HMC LCI(L)-299 making the assault landing with the Canadian Stormont Dundas Glengarry Highlanders of the Ninth Brigade, Third Infantry Division on Nan White Sector of Juno Beach in Normandy (Bernieres-Sur-Mer) on 6 June 1944. Photo from The Public Archives of Canada.	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
	134k	Cropped and enlarged image of the above scene showing HMC LCI(L)-299 making the assault landing with the Canadian Stormont Dundas Glengarry Highlanders of the Ninth Brigade, Third Infantry Division on Nan White Sector of Juno Beach in Normandy (Bernieres-Sur-Mer) on 6 June 1944. Photo from The Public Archives of Canada.	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
	203k	HMC LCI(L)-299 Canadian Stormont Dundas Glengarry Highlanders of the Ninth Brigade, Third Infantry Division move ashore on Nan White Sector of Juno Beach in Normandy (Bernieres-Sur-Mer) on 6 June 1944. Photo from The Public Archives of Canada.	Joe Radigan MACM USN Ret.
	2012k	HMC LCI(L)-299 Canadian Stormont Dundas Glengarry Highlanders of the Ninth Brigade, Third Infantry Division move ashore on Nan White Sector of Juno Beach in Normandy (Bernieres-Sur-Mer) on 6 June 1944. Photo from The Public Archives of Canada.	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