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LCI(L)-5 / HM LCI(L)-5


USS LCI(L)-5 transferred to the United Kingdom
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons

Precedence of awards is from left to right
American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (5) - World War II Victory Medal
LCI-1 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down at New York Shipbuilding Corp, Camden, N.J., date unknown
  • Launched (date unknown)
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-5, 12 October 1942
  • During World War II LCI(L)-5 was assigned to the European Theater as a unit of LCI Flotilla 2 and participated in the:
  • Decommissioned and leased to the United Kingdom, 19 October 1944
  • Returned to US Naval custody, 13 April 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register (date unknown)
  • Final Disposition, disposed of through the US State Department, 3 February 1946, fate unknown.
  • LCI(L)-5 received five battle stars for WWII service
    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)-5 70k LCI(L)-5 underway off Normandy, date unknown. Bill Brinkley
    LCI(L)-5 131k Aboard LCI(L)-5 two War Correspondents observe a demonstration by one of the 20mm gun crews shortly before D-Day, 6 June 1944. Note LCI(L)-325 is just visible in the background. Photo by the famed war correspondent Ernie Pyle. Leo Maragni to the USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association
    LCI(L)-5 75k LCI(L)-5 high and dry on Utah Beach, Normandy, France, while taking on US Army walking wounded, 22 June 1944. LCI(L)-5 delivered her passengers to Southhampton, England, 23 June 1944. Photo from USS LCI National Association's Newsletter The Elsie Item, December 1995 issue. Ardie Hunt
    The history for LCI(L)-5 is from USS LCI "Landing Craft Infantry", Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1995. (ISBN 1-56311-262-0)
    Crew Contact And Reunion Information
    U.S.Navy Memorial Foundation
    Fleet Reserve Association
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association
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