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HM LCI(L)-390


LCI(L)-390 was leased to the United Kingdom
LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down, November 1943, at George Lawley & Sons Shipbuilding Corp., Neponset, MA.
  • Launched, November 1943
  • Leased to the United Kingdom, 1 December 1943, commissioned HM LCI(L)-390, date unknown
  • Participated in the Normandy operation
  • Returned to US Navy custody, 19 June 1946
  • Decommissioned, date unknown
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 1946
  • Transferred to the Maritime Commission and sold, 14 May 1947, to New York Circle Line, New York City, named Circle Line IV
  • Final Disposition, 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 kts; and 110 tons of fuel
    Armament
    four single 20mm gun mounts, one each port and starboard forward of wheelhouse, one each port and starboard aft of wheelhouse
    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)-390 247k HM LCI(L)-390 and accompanying letter. Dale White
    The history for LCI(L)-390 is from USS LCI "Landing Craft Infantry", Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1995. (ISBN 1-56311-262-0)
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