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HM LCI(L)-133


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 USS LCI(L)-133, and leased to the United Kingdom 1 February 1943
  • During World War II HM LCI(L)-133 participated in the following campaign:
    Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign
    Campaign and Dates
    Invasion of Southern France, 15 August 1944
  • Returned to US Naval custody and struck from the Naval Register, 29 October 1947
  • Final Disposition, delivered to her purchaser, 29 October 1947, fate unknown
    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)-316 1145k US troops come ashore from HM LCI(L)-133 and HM LCI(L)-316, 15 August 1944, during the invasion of southern France.
    US National Archives photo # III-SC 19290 a US Army Signal Corps. photo now in the collections of the US National Archives.    		 Dave Kerr
    The history for LCI(L)-133 is from USS LCI "Landing Craft Infantry", Vol. II. Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing Company, © 1995. (ISBN 1-56311-262-0)
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