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HM LCH-10
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USS LCI(L)-10 (1942 - 1944)


International Radio Call Sign:
November - Xray - Quebec - Alpha
NXQA
Awards, Citations and Campaign Ribbons


Precedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - Navy Unit Commendation
Bottom Row - American Campaign Medal - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal (5) - World War II Victory Medal

USS LCI(L)-10 transferred to the United Kingdom in October 1944 for the duration of World War II
LCI-1 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):
  • Laid down in 1942 at New York Shipbuilding Corp, Camden, N.J.
  • Launched in 1942
  • Commissioned USS LCI(L)-10, 24 October 1942
  • During World War II USS LCI(L)-10 was assigned to the Europe-Africa-Middle East Theater, LCI Flotilla Two and participated in the following campaigns:

    Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaigns
    Campaign and DatesCampaign and Dates
    North African occupation
    Tunisian operation, 27 March to 9 July 1943    		West coast of Italy operations
    Anzio-Nettuno advanced landing 22 January to 4 February 1944
    Sicilian occupation, 9 to 15 July 1943 Invasion of Normandy, 6 to 25 June 1944
    Salerno landings, 9 to 21 September 1943 

  • During the Invasion of Normandy USS LCI(L)-10 was redesignated LCH-10 and served as the flagship of CDR. Edward Webster Wilson, USNR, Commanding Officer of the Beach Red Assault Group [TG 125.5]. "The Invasion of France and Germany, 1944-1945, History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, Volume XI", Boston, 1975, p. 334, Samuel Eliot Morison)
  • Decommissioned and leased to the United Kingdom, 30 October 1944
  • Commissioned into the Royal Navy as HM LCH-10
  • Returned to US Naval custody, 13 April 1946
  • Struck from the Naval Register, 5 June 1946
  • USS LCI(L)-10 was awarded the Navy Unit Commendation and earned five battle stars for World War II service
  • Transferred to the State Department, 14 June 1947, for disposal
  • 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 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
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    LCI(L)-1079kUSS LCI((L)-10 Officer of the Deck and Helmsman standing their watches on the bridge while the ship is underway.
    Photo from USS LCI National Association's newsletter "The Elsie Item", August 2008 issue. A US Navy photo from the US National Archives, courtesy Dennis Blocker.    		Ardie Hunt
    LCI(L)-10
    1015001002    		71kUSS LCI(L)-10 underway during the Normandy Invasion, 6 June 1944.
    Frame from a short film named "SHEAF Public Relations Divisions Presents". DOD, Department of the Army, Office of the Chief Signal Officer. National Archives I.D. 15126. Local I.D. 111-ADC-1319.    		David Upton
    The history for USS LCI(L)-10 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 - Navy Log
    Additional Resources and Web Sites of Interest
    USS Landing Craft Infantry National Association
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