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LCI(L)-500

International Radio Call Sign:
November - Quebec - Victor - Hotel
NQVH

Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (1) - World War II Victory Medal

USS LCI(L)-500 was transferred to the United Kingdom

LCI-351 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):

Laid down in 1943 at New Jersey Shipbuilding, Barber, N.J.

Launched, date unknown

Commissioned as USS LCI(L)-500, 17 November 1943

During World War II LCI(L)-500 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater and participated in the following campaign:

Campaign and Dates
Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaigns
Invasion of Normandy 6 to 25 June 1944

Decommissioned and leased to the United Kingdom, 30 November 1944

Returned to US custody, 27 July 1946

Transferred to the Maritime Commission for disposal

Struck from the Naval Register, date unknown

USS LCI(L)-500 earned one battle star for World War II service

Final Disposition, sold by the Maritime Commission, 12 November 1947

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
USS LCI(L)-500 #3)
1015050001	433k	USS LCI(L)-500 disembarking German prisoners-of-war, D-Day, Normandy, 6 June 1944 and marching them to a POW pen on the beach after interrogation. USS LCI(L)-500 landed British troops from the Durham Light Infantry on Gold Beach on D-Day. Unlike most landing craft that day, *LCI(L)-500* did not return to sea after disembarking her troops. A British intelligence officer remained aboard and German POW's were brought to the ship to be interrogated. Photo from the Imperial War Museum by Sgt. A.N. Midgley of the No.5 Army Film and Photographic Unit	Bill Brinkley and David Upton
HM LCH-500
	41k	HM LCH-500 underway, location unknown. Twenty LCI(L)s were converted to Landing Craft Administration. Royal Navy Image # FL 7017 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums.	Robert Hurst

Crew Contact And Reunion Information
U.S. Navy Memorial Foundation - Navy Log

Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association

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