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HM LCI(L)-132

LCI(L)-132 was transferred to the United Kingdom under terms of the Lend-Lease Act

LCI-1 Class Landing Craft Infantry (Large):

Laid down circa December 1942, at Bethlehem Steel Corp., Hingham, MA.

Launched and delivered in January 1943

LCI(L)-132 never saw active service with the US Navy

Turned over to the United Kingdom under terms of the Lend-Lease Program

Commissioned into the Royal Navy as HM LCI(L)-132, 29 January 1943

Lost while on lease to the Royal Navy in June 1944

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

Size	Image Description	Source
1054k	British LCI Flotilla loading troops of the Seaforth Highlanders, probably for the Sicily operation in July 1943. LCI(L)'s present include: HM LCI(L)-278 HM LCI(L)-249 HM LCI(L)-299 and HM LCI(L)-132	Jerry Gilmartin MMC(SW) USN Ret. Secretary AFMM LCI 713, Curator PT-658 Save the PT Boat Inc, courtesy Dennis Blocker LCI National Association Historian
259k	HM LCI(L)-132 and HM LCI(L)-123 and other LCI(L)'s of British Flotilla 9 landing troops in Sicily, 10 July 1943. The British, along with the U.S. LCI Flotillas 1, 2, and 4, helped land 160,000 troops of the British 8th and American 7th Armies. Photo from USS LCI National Association's 2009 calendar, a US Navy photo from the US National Archives, courtesy Dennis Blocker.	Ardie Hunt
101k	HM LCI(L)-132 and HM LCI(L)-123 and other LCI(L)'s of British Flotilla 9 landing troops in Sicily, 10 July 1943. Photo taken by Sgt Stubbs of No 2 Army Film & Photographic Unit. Photo No. NA 4275 from the collections of the Imperial War Museums. Part of War Office Second World War Official Collection	Robert Hurst

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