NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp. // Comm. by RN	Fate
LCH100 (ex-LCI(L)100)			Bethlehem, Hingham, USA	8.1942	15.10.1942	11.1942	to USA 3.1946
LCI(L)115			Bethlehem, Hingham, USA	9.1942	5.12.1942	12.1942 // 1.1944	to UK 9.1944
LCI(L)117			Bethlehem, Hingham, USA	10.1942	7.12.1942	1.1943 // 12.1943	to UK 8.1944
LCI(L)118			Bethlehem, Hingham, USA	10.1942	8.12.1942	1.1943 // 1.1944	to UK 8.1944
LCI(L)121			Bethlehem, Hingham, USA	10.1942	14.12.1942	1.1943 // 12.1943	to UK 8.1944
LCI(L)127			Bethlehem, Hingham, USA	10.1942	29.12.1942	1.1943 // 1.1943	to USA 3.1946
LCI(L)135			Bethlehem, Hingham, USA	12.1942	13.1.1943	2.1943 // 1.1944	to UK 9.1944
LCI(L)166			Federal, Newark, USA	8.1942	17.10.1942	11.1942 // 12.1943	to UK 8.1944
LCI(L)177			Federal, Newark, USA	9.1942	27.11.1942	12.1942 // 12.1943	to UK 9.1944
LCI(S)243 (ex-LCI(L)243)			New Jersey SB, Barber, USA	8.1942	12.9.1942	11.1942	to USA 9.1947
LCI(L)249			New Jersey SB, Barber, USA	10.1942	15.12.1942	12.1942 // 12.1943	to UK 9.1944
LCI(L)250			New Jersey SB, Barber, USA	10.1942	16.12.1942	12.1942 // 1.1944	to UK 8.1944
LCI(L)252			New Jersey SB, Barber, USA	9.1942	18.10.1942	12.1942 // 1.1944	to UK 9.1944
LCI(L)260			New Jersey SB, Barber, USA	10.1942	13.3.1943	3.1943	to France 1.1948 (L9048)
LCI(L)262			New Jersey SB, Barber, USA	10.1942	17.12.1942	1.1943 // 1.1944	to UK 9.1944
LCI(L)263			New Jersey SB, Barber, USA	10.1942	18.12.1942	1.1943 // 1.1944	to UK 9.1944
LCI(L)264			New Jersey SB, Barber, USA	11.1942	22.12.1942	1.1943 // 1.1943	stricken 12.1946
LCI(L)266			New Jersey SB, Barber, USA	11.1942	6.1.1943	1.1943 // 12.1943	to UK 9.1944
LCI(L)270			New Jersey SB, Barber, USA	11.1942	12.1.1943	1.1943 // 3.1943	to UK 9.1944
LCI(L)271			New Jersey SB, Barber, USA	11.1942	29.1.1943	2.1943 // 3.1944	to UK 9.1944
LCI(L)276			New Jersey SB, Barber, USA	12.1942	18.2.1943	3.1943 // 9.1943	to UK 8.1944
LCI(L)277			New Jersey SB, Barber, USA	12.1942	26.2.1943	3.1943 // 1.1944	to UK 9.1944
LCI(L)285			New Jersey SB, Barber, USA	1.1943	24.2.1943	3.1943 // 12.1943	to USA 9.1944
LCI(L)288			New Jersey SB, Barber, USA	1.1943	27.2.1943	3.1943 // 3.1944	to UK 9.1944
LCI(L)295			New Jersey SB, Barber, USA	2.1943	27.3.1943	4.1943 // 3.1944	to UK 9.1944
LCI(L)298			New Jersey SB, Barber, USA	10.1942	21.11.1942	1.1943 // 12.1943	to UK 9.1944
LCI(L)299			New Jersey SB, Barber, USA	10.1942	21.11.1942	1.1943 // 1.1944	to UK 9.1944
LCI(L)301			New Jersey SB, Barber, USA	10.1942	21.11.1942	2.1943 // 12.1943	to UK 8.1944
LCI(L)305			New Jersey SB, Barber, USA	2.1943	9.3.1943	3.1943 // 2.1944	to UK 9.1944
LCI(L)306			New Jersey SB, Barber, USA	2.1943	26.3.1943	4.1943 // 9.1943	to UK 9.1944
LCI(L)310			New Jersey SB, Barber, USA	2.1943	31.3.1943	4.1943 // 3.1944	to UK 9.1944
LCH317 (ex-LCI(L)317)			New Jersey SB, Barber, USA	11.1942	12.12.1942	2.1943 // 1.1944	to USA 4.1946

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	194
Displacement full, t	387
Length, m	48.3
Breadth, m	7.21
Draught, m	0.81 fore, 1.52 aft landing
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 diesels
Power, h. p.	2320
Max speed, kts	15.5
Fuel, t	diesel oil 120
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	1 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk VIII, 3 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk II/IV
Military load	188 troops or 75 t of cargo
Electronic equipment	presumably SO or SCR-517A radar
Complement	24

Standard scale images

Project history

LCI(L) were built in the USA and delivered by lend-lease. Some converted to command and control ships differed slightly, basically by an additional communication facility, were designated as LCH.  

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.

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